R. J. Palacio Quotes
I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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In 1958, my father invested everything he had in a business venture and became the largest automobile dealership in Chicago for Ford's new Edsel line. But Edsel sales plummeted and my father fell into bankruptcy. I watched him struggle; working long hours to protect us from poverty.
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I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.
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I think watching Channing Tatum caress his Lego Oscar statue will be something I won't forget. Even if I try.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I don't even know how to define myself. I'm a person who writes. It's something I enjoy, and hopefully people enjoy it as well.
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The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
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I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I like all music. The only music I don't like is bad music.
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I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.
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I need to have proper equipment when I work out, and the Nike Frees are light, comfortable, and great for training. I also usually bring a short-sleeve or long-sleeve compression shirt and a pair of shorts.
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Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
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I enjoy music wherever it's coming from.
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Nationalization would likely mean wiping out the big banks' managements and shareholders. It's because that reckoning has mostly been avoided so far that those bankers may be the Americans in the greatest denial of all.
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The whole New Kids thing was crazy. The more it grew, the more I just felt like I was trapped.
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And if joy were not on the earth, There were an end of change and birth, And Earth and Heaven and Hell would die, And in some gloomy barrow lie Folded like a frozen fly.
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What passes for political realism may make for lively academic debates. But it often functions, ironically, as a tool of social control, rendering us passive with an analysis that overwhelms and paralyzes us.
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I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.
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I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.
