R. J. Palacio Quotes

I actually like how doctors talk. I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand explain things you can't understand.

R. J. Palacio

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• Wonder
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• I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.

  

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• Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.

  

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• Honestly, I try and stay away from what's been written about me, because if you let that stuff get to you and it's not true it can drive you crazy. One thing that I have heard recently which is not true, I didn't say it, is that I believe I was quote saying 'I will never take my shirt off for a movie again.' I didn't say that.

  

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• A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.

  

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• Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.

  

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• Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.

  

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• We didn't gel with Poison and the Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi was the best of the pop metal bands, but we never fit in with the hair metal stuff. We were never as hip as the Chili Peppers. We were in the middle.

  

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• Daring is not safe against daring men.

  

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• I didn't actually begin professionally acting until I was 30.

  

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• I tend to not watch things that are current. And then if everybody swears it's amazing then I'll like watch the whole series in a weekend.

  

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• Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.

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• I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.

  

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• I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even artists, want personal recognition. We want to be recognized for something, for what we did. I'd rather my song be recognized for what it's doing and that's important. It's not so important how many people know me.

  

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• I think it is widely agreed that Carl Steinitz, over the 50 years he taught at Harvard, has been one of the most important figures in influencing the theory and practice of landscape architecture and the application of computer technology to planning.

  

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• I didn't have any extra money. But I can't say that I had a hard early career.

  

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• You’ve been good to me, Inigo. But I really am like the weather. You can admire me, even love me, in your way, but I can’t love you back. To me you’re like a photograph. I can see right through you, examine you from all angles. You amuse me. But you don’t have enough depth ever to fascinate me.

  

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• Not so long ago, companies that borrowed lots of money were considered risky, appropriate only for daredevil stock pickers. Those with lots of cash on hand and few outstanding debts might be dull stocks, but they were at least safe bets for bondholders.

  

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• You mention the Navy, for example, and the fact that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets.

  

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• Beyonce, Otis Redding, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, and Adele are a few of my favorites.

  

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• At my audition, I had one of those anxiety visions where you do something totally crazy in your mind, just to torture yourself with the possibility, just to wonder what would happen if you actually did it.

  

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• I actually like how doctors talk. I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand explain things you can't understand.

  

  R. J. Palacio
  • Science
  • Words
  • Wonder