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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

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Aye, well, I've got my garden.
LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing.
LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds,
LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument.
LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ...
LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w...
LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t...
LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
LIKE I My love for you is like a copied assignment, I cant just explain it.
OLASOT Folks, I hope you understand how dangerous an (alligator) like this is when he is out of his element...
BILL ROBB I understand how the economy actually works.
CARLY FIORINA Well, I like how people talk. I like language. You know, Linda Richman spoke in Yiddish.
MIKE MYERS I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You w...
JON ANDERSON I don't even want to talk about that goal. It's embarrassing. I don't understand how we allowed them...
IVICA OSIM I just don't understand how they can own those big lakes like that.
LARRY FREY Nothing gets easy. It is just that you understand how it is and how it works. Nothing its difficult ...
DE PHILOSOPHER DJ KYOS You know, I hate to sound self-involved, but I feel like I haven't peaked yet.
Q-TIP I can't understand these chaps who go round American universities explaining how they write poems: I...
PHILIP LARKIN I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what ...
DON DELILLO Yet the stupid believe they are awake, busily and brightly assuming they understand things, calling ...
ZHUANGZI I really can't understand how the Jets let him go like that. We knew how good James was. He's a smar...
CASEY HAMPTON I always like to say just think you were a doctor with only one patient. You might understand how th...
ELLEN STOFAN I try to talk to you, but I don't know what to say. I am afraid you don't want me to say anything. S...
NEIL GAIMAN I like to feel that I understand little things about sports.
BILL JAMES And if you dont come back from the dorm, I'm the one who has to explain to Micheal how I let you go ...
RACHEL CAINE I am an artist, and I understand the pros and cons of being an artist, and the pressures of being an...
DAVID S. GOYER HOW I FEEL. I DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU. I DON'T FEEL LIKE LISTENING TO YOU. I DON'T FEEL LIKE PRETENDING ...
SUSIE L HILL when the words not enough to describe how much you love....
even you know she/he don't anything...
BOB MARLEY I understand how you may be forced into a situation earlier than you'd like where you might not have...
CHRIS DODD I can't understand these chaps who go round American universities explaining how they write poem...
PHILIP LARKIN You could never understand why I grind like I do
Makiyah & Jalani why I grind like I do
NICKI MINAJ I dont understand flirting.
ANUSHKA SHARMA You know what you sound like? A jealous girl friend.
And how are things on Planet You Wish?
MEG CABOT I cant tell you how pleased I am,
GRAEME SOUNESS Words cannot describe how much I miss you. I miss you like the sun misses the moon every night. I fe...
KARISSA IWANYSZYN I can explain the picture to you, and you will understand my explanation, but you will not understan...
PABLO PICASSO I get paid to do what I love. If you understand physics, the foundation of the atomic theory and rel...
MICHIO KAKU My work is like a diary. To understand it, you have to see how it mirrors life.
PABLO PICASSO I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
UNKNOWN I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you
PROVERB I think you have to learn for yourself how to write. I'm slightly mystified by creative writing ...
KATE ATKINSON I don't understand."
"How can you not understand?" He pointed at her books. "You read novels. ...
CASSANDRA CLARE You see people you identify with, and you take pieces of people you like and shape who you are. Like...
DAMON WAYANS, JR. How do you define God? Like this. A God I could understand, at least potentially, was infinitely mor...
ROBERT J. SAWYER I've got good chemistry with both of them, Hanley and Robert. They are good guys. When you understan...
DAN UGGLA Speaking of which, would you like to explain to me how you’re alive
STEPHENIE MEYER I definitely like the mystery of not knowing how things will turn out, you know.
IAN WILLIAMS Actually, I'm not interested in Zen that much, as a philosophy, nor in joining any movements. I don'...
BILL EVANS If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.
JIM ROHN I don't understand it, and I don't like what I don't understand.
E.B. WHITE The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it
MARK TWAIN I like women. I don't understand them, but I like them.
SEAN CONNERY We didn't come out to play, and to be honest I can't explain it. I can't understand how you can lace...
DERRICK EDMONDS There's a rebirth that goes on with us continuously as human beings. I don't understand, per...
DUSTIN HOFFMAN I feel like I don't understand time in novels, really. I bumble forward, is all.
ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN Well, I don't really understand how you can do that.
JOSS STONE I do think I know more about clothes than any 500 designers, because there's nothing like wearin...
VERA WANG I don't know how to make people like me. Cinna, how do you make people like you?
SUZANNE COLLINS I like the idea of the audience absorbing the language and getting to understand it as they journey ...
DAVID MACKENZIE Women in general interest me. I like how women are more liable to talk about real things, personal t...
CHUCK CLOSE I can't express how honored I am that you like me - you really like me.
MICHAEL ROSENBAUM I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot ...
FRANZ KAFKA I was afraid that science-fiction buffs and everybody would say things like, 'You know, there...
GEORGE LUCAS I really don't understand how a men's and women's program wouldn't get along. It's like brotherhood ...
SEIMONE AUGUSTUS I don't like the word ironic. I like the word absurdity, and I don't really understand the word 'iro...
DAVID LYNCH I feel like I've improved every year. I've worked on some things. I understand the reasons I do cert...
DERREK LEE ...if you do not even understand what words say, how can you expect to pass judgement on what words ...
H.D. This is how you explain how you feel: broken words and hard truths.
R. Y.S. PEREZ I understand the anger of Muslims. And I understand the anger among religious Muslims at publication...
JOSEPH SITRUK How do you not like the Internet? That's like saying, 'I don't like things that are convenient. And ...
RAINBOW ROWELL I much prefer STEAM to STEM. The insertion of the A is arts writ large, and when you learn how to th...
LAURENE POWELL JOBS I've never felt a connection like this with anyone else... I don't even know how to explain it. I fe...
M. MOLLY BACKES Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality of it all. People who understand how ...
GARY VAYNERCHUK Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you u...
ZEN SAYING I don't understand how can people hold faith and reasoning in the same head. To my understanding, fa...
TARIF NAAZ I don't know how doctors pick one specialty over another. Some you can understand. Pediatricians...
BOB NEWHART If I become like you, then how can I live with all the things I've done?” - X-10
DONNA GALANTI The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it.
MARK TWAIN I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert.
ROY AYERS And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around...
ROALD DAHL There are Many things that I would Like to say to you But I Don't know How.
OASIS The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
GAVIN ROSSDALE I don't like you. I don't like how your hair smells, and how I can't stop thinking about waking up a...
CHELSEA M. CAMERON How could I explain why I'd acted that way? How could I explain how scary it was, to find out that I...
SUSAN BISCHOFF I don't like facial hair, and I don't like kissing facial hair, as you cant find the lips.
GOLDIE HAWN I am a little older and understand the nature of the business - the older you get the more your skil...
RANDY MOSS I like reading my bible, I like bible studies where I get together with others and talk about the wo...
BERNHARD LANGER Ever feel like everything is just moving to fast,and you just dont know how to keep up
NADIRA AHMED I don't want to sound Pollyannaish, but I hope that out of a tragedy like this something good will c...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT You cant live champagne life,if you cant buy beer.
I DONT KNOW I would like to wish y'all a happy valentines but of late, am allergic to things i don't understand....
PHILLIP BUYONDO Sometimes I could almost hate you because you don't understand how much you mean to me, how dark and...
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- Alex ...
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Paul wrapp...
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-"Más amables de lo necesario" - repitió -. Qué fra...
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