Joan of Arcadia (2003–2005)
Becky Wahlstrom: Grace Polk
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Quotes
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Grace Polk : It's the one advantage to being universally despised: you get to say whatever you want.
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Grace : [to Joan] Do you have multiple personality disorder? Is that what this is?
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Joan : Does my hair look funny?
Grace Polk : Your hair always looks funny.
[laughs]
Grace Polk : Sometimes it just pops into my head and I just laugh.
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[Joan, Adam, and Grace are studying]
Joan : What should we do first?
Grace : Ask your brother for the answers.
Joan : To be humble you have to be proud.
Adam : Wait, arent those opposites?
Grace : Ah, ask him ask him.
[Luke just walked in]
Joan : No, no lets just break it down ok. Is there a chemical formula for twigs?
Adam : Uh
[from the top of is head]
Adam : Cellulose is c6h12o6
[Joan drops her pencil in shock]
Adam : Uh, I have an eidetic memory.
Joan : Whats that?
Luke : Photographic.
Grace : [talking about Adam] He can barely remember his name.
Adam : Listen, I know a lot, I just cant put it all together.
Joan : Ok, what about a chemical equation for fire?
Grace : Wood doesnt actually burn.
Joan : Thats insane.
Grace : What burns is the gas released when the wood gets hot. Therefore the reaction would have to be gasification, through oxidation reduction, then combustion.
Luke : It is so hot that you know that.
Adam : [to Grace] Dude, are you smart?
Grace : Just because I refute the whole formal schooling equals knowledge crap doesnt mean Im stupid.
Adam : Nice.
Joan : Ok, so what about gas.
[Joan looks at Adam]
Adam : Cha, like I know.
Grace : And Rainman back to underpants.
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Grace Polk : I'll see you later. I'm going to go... run with scissors.
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Joan Girardi : Judith doesn't know that many people here. She was just acting out.
Grace : Acting out is getting your nose pierced. Nearly dying in a pool of your own vomit goes a little deeper than that.
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Grace : Do you make a special effort not to speak in science metaphors?
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Joan : What are you wearing?
Grace Polk : [sighing] A dress.
Joan : You're... wearing... a dress?
Grace Polk : Oh, nice smirk.
Joan : I wasn't smirking! I was... I... had to sneeze.