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Everyone deserves a standing ovation because we all overcometh the world. --Auggie


R.J. Palacio

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ANGUS MACKENZIE I walked out and I got a standing ovation from all these people, and it's like a creepy thing... eit...
NEIL GAIMAN When we walked in we were given a standing ovation, my crew and me.
BOB WOODRUFF He probably got close to a five-minute standing ovation.
ARTHUR BLANK This was our first standing ovation in church.
DENNIS MOTYKA It's the first time I ever got a standing ovation in the sky.
LAWRENCE WELK It was almost a standing ovation. It made me feel pretty good.
TONY MILLER He had joked to chorus members they would be assured of a standing ovation. He makes all our rehears...
DORA MURRAY I've had all that you could ask for. The fat lady has sung, and there's a standing ovation.
FLIP WILSON I haven't seen one house that hasn't given this show a standing ovation.
SHIDAN MAJIDI He's walked into a couple of rooms where, spontaneously, he's received a standing ovation.
MICHAEL MORRIS They gave him a standing O (ovation) when he went out onto the field the next inning.
BRANDON INGE It was just - I mean, 6,000 people giving you a standing ovation is quite an experience.
MICHAEL CIMINO Another 200 people showed up; 200 people came out of the blue just because they'd heard about it. Th...
BOB CLARK There was a standing ovation. There was raucous applause. I think it will become a rallying cry.
PAUL PARKIN When someone throws up while watching one of your movies, it's like a standing ovation.
ELI ROTH I don't expect to get a standing ovation from businessmen when I call for higher wages.
PETER BOFINGER I'm not a Sundance guy either. I've never had applause lasting over two minutes in my life but we ha...
ROBERT EVANS Jack, sometimes you don't have to be mean to hurt someone.
R.J. PALACIO It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.
R.J. PALACIO Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams
R.J. PALACIO Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than neede...
R.J. PALACIO MR. BROWNE'S SEPTEMBER PRECEPT:

WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING
RIGHT OR BEING K...
R.J. PALACIO Do people look the same when they go to heaven, mommy?"
"I don't know. I don't think so."
...
R.J. PALACIO Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, an...
R.J. PALACIO My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.
R.J. PALACIO The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to hon...
R.J. PALACIO I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around...
R.J. PALACIO no, no, it's not all random, if it really was all random, the universe would abandon us completely. ...
R.J. PALACIO If every person in this room made it a rule that wherever you are, whenever you can, you will try to...
R.J. PALACIO Whenever there is a conflict between being right and being kind, if possible, choose being kind.
R.J. PALACIO ...we should be remembered for the things we do. The things we do are the most important things of a...
R.J. PALACIO I think we're too young to be dating. I mean I don't see what the rush is." Summer says.
"Yeah...
R.J. PALACIO But the best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now ...
R.J. PALACIO It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you've touched ...
R.J. PALACIO Some things you just can't explain. You don't even try. You don't know where to start. All your sent...
R.J. PALACIO AMOS CONTI'S PRECEPT
Don't try too hard to be cool. It always shows, and that's uncool.
R.J. PALACIO That's how it is in heaven. It's just love, and no one forgets who they love.
R.J. PALACIO the universe takes care of all its birds.
R.J. PALACIO Learning who you are is what you're here to do.
R.J. PALACIO We carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness...
R.J. PALACIO It's like people you see sometimes, and you can't imagine what it would be like to be that person, w...
R.J. PALACIO ...your deeds are like your monuments. Built with memories instead of stone.
R.J. PALACIO Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.
R.J. PALACIO Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing.
R.J. PALACIO I actually like how doctors talk. I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand...
R.J. PALACIO When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind. - Dr Wayne W. Dyer
R.J. PALACIO The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run ...
R.J. PALACIO Now that I look back, I don't know why I was so stressed about it all this time. Funny how sometimes...
R.J. PALACIO No, no, it's not all random, if it was really random, the universe would abandon us completely, and ...
R.J. PALACIO One mistake does not define you.
R.J. PALACIO Such a simple thing, kindness. Such a simple thing. A nice word of encouragement, given when needed....
R.J. PALACIO its better to know some question than all answers -James Thurber
R.J. PALACIO I hit some great shots in my lifetime; now I hit a decent shot and I get a standing ovation.
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA I know many people within Anonymous; I was the keynote speaker at Defcon in Las Vegas and got a stan...
JOHN MCAFEE The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite some...
MICHAEL CAINE One night in Pittsburgh, thirty-thousand fans gave me a standing ovation when I caught a hot dog wra...
DICK STUART I was really moved when we received a standing ovation at the football game. It showed me how much p...
CHRIS SIMPSON You don't get a standing ovation and get boos, by the way. They don't go hand in hand.
DONALD TRUMP It was the most spectacular thing. That was the first spontaneous standing ovation I had ever seen i...
DON POH It is just absolutely amazing that 2 weeks after August 29 we are standing where we are at.
JOE SPRAGGINS Palacio, Williams and Ostertag all hurt us in overtime. Those aren't the guys you'd expect it from.
FLIP SAUNDERS We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that...
MAJORA CARTER Blacks gave me a standing ovation when they put the cap and gown on me, and that was the proudest I&...
GEORGE WALLACE The fans were so nice when I took Holly out of the game. They gave her a standing ovation, recognizi...
JANET TATE I stayed strong, and I believed in myself and to finish up a strong program and get a standing ovati...
SASHA COHEN I didn't hear anybody booing me when I was done. A lot of people were giving me a standing ovation w...
CHRIS FULLER Everyone deserves a second chance,
ELAINE CHAO Everyone must have a voice, and everyone deserves clarity.
KEVIN PLANK I always said, 'A blind dog with three legs could get a standing ovation for singing 'I'...
POLLY BERGEN People mess up and make mistakes all the time. Everyone deserves a second chance right? - Brandon
MOLLY MCADAMS Everyone deserves music.
MICHAEL FRANTI I did a picture called 'Lovely, Still' with Ellen Burstyn, We screened it to the AARP people...
MARTIN LANDAU I think its nice when people find love, because I feel like everyone deserves it.
DREW BARRYMORE To receive all of the promised blessings, we must accept the gospel in faith and in full. However, t...
JAMES E. FAUST Why do you want to be on The Real World?
-Because I want everyone to witness my youth

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MIKE SHANAHAN The whole point of Christianity is that everyone in the world, from Charles Manson to Mother Teresa,...
SEAN NINGEN Everyone deserves a second chance to be loved: fearlessly.
HLBALCOMB Precept upon precept; line upon line: here a little, and there a little.
BIBLE We feel so blessed. I feel everyone deserves the adequate resources that our Nicholas has.
KATHY ANSELMO Everyone deserves to have their voice heard.
CANDICE PATTON At fifty everyone has the face he deserves.
GEORGE ORWELL At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.
GEORGE ORWELL Everybody needs love. Everyone deserves it.
REESE WITHERSPOON When he walks out of the tunnel it's going to be intense. If the crowd wants to give him a standing ...
JAMES CASEY If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly d...
JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly d...
JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a littl...
BIBLE But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, l...
BIBLE Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask.
SHANNEN DOHERTY Honestly I don't know why i have these parties"

"Because of your cat"

"That's ...
CASSANDRA CLARE The world is thinning
and the earth...it's still spinning

my world is thinning
...
SANOBER KHAN At age 50, everyone has the face he deserves.
GEORGE ORWELL I think that August reunions are steadily trending downhill because people are busy. We go all the w...
CAROL RILEY Everybody is somebobdy and I chanllenge anybody to deny it.
KATHERINE PATERSON Love is a two-way street, but not everyone deserves a license.
CARLOS WALLACE We can all take pictures but not everyone can capture the beauty that's usually hidden in plain view...
SANJO JENDAYI UNDIVIDED

I am for
One world undivided.
One world without fear and corruption...
SUZY KASSEM

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Paul wrapp...
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-"Más amables de lo necesario" - repitió -. Qué fra...
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