R. J. Palacio Quotes
Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.
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The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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I saw an interview that I did with someone, and I was horrified by it. And I said to my wife, 'This is unbearable how I talk.'
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The purpose of a business is to create customers.
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We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.
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I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.
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The iPod completely changed the way people approach music.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.
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All I can do is try to create the best show possible, and I feel we've truly done that.
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I don't feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unless there's something that I really did do. I believe I'm just ordinary. And I'd like for people to think of me that way, as just a guy that tried. Wanted to be loved by other people because he loved people.
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If you haven't understood the world you're living in, it's impossible to think that the solution you're coming up with fits.
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My dad was in a hospital for months. The doctors told my dad he would never be able to walk again. My dad beat all the odds. He came back and was able to walk and start boxing again. He went to No. 1 in the world at welterweight to fight for the world title. But he never had his chance to fight for a world title.
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I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s.
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As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.
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The fantasy I've always had is that somehow I could move back in time. I would like to be there when Susan B. Anthony was dying, or someone like that. I would say to her, 'You won't believe what's going to happen.' And then I would tell her.
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I would like to think that in America, as time goes on, you gain freedom, not lose freedom.
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I'm just trying to change my life because I'm not above killing any drug dealer for money.
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I'm not a team sports person type person, so I probably would have been good at tennis, because I like tennis. But my parents really didn't push me. I think if my parents would have guided me and stay committed, I could have played any sport I wanted to, but I never did.
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The conservative movement was told to curl up in a fetal position and just stay there for the next eight years, thank you very much. Well, how things have changed.
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I think after a few years and working on so many projects, you don't get jaded but the level of your expectations is minimal, especially the way the music industry is today.
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Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.
