You can go home again to La Tulipe, but in my case, pleasant memories exceeded reality.

It can happen when expectations exceed reality, both the player's expectations for himself and those of others for him.

In "Body Politic," she calls Washington "a town where reputations, good and bad, always exceed reality."

After 15 years of study of drugs like tacrine, he said, "the expectation of benefit still exceeds reality."

So the public's expectations after the Giants' 3-0 start exceeded reality.

The mystique about Hawaii has always exceeded reality.

Why then does the public fear of the mentally ill so far exceed empirical reality?

He said reports of bribery were "way out of proportion" and that "anticipation far exceeds reality."

Like the enormous marquees for shows like "Sooper Dogs," computer ballyhoo greatly exceeds reality.

Experts agree that the reputation exceeds reality.