Caroline Polachek Quotes
Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no.
Quotes to Explore
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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In the country, it feels like you don't have control over nature anymore - nature is in control of you.
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Always just remember that you can never know all; you're always going to be learning; there's always going to be something new. I don't think you'll ever have it all figured out.
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When I was a teenager, reading for me was as normal, as unremarkable as eating or breathing. Reading gave flight to my imagination and strengthened my understanding of the world, the society I lived in, and myself. More importantly, reading was fun, a way to live more than one life as I immersed myself in each good book I read.
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The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!
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I was a boy with one dream and one dream only: I wanted - no, strike that, I was desperate for - a room of my own. You see, in those days I shared a room with my little brother, Jesse, and it wasn't pretty. He was the Oscar to my Felix: messy, careless, and just a little bit sticky - exactly the way a kindergartner is supposed to be.
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I'm the girl who will show up in jeans no matter what - but the jeans can get fancier and fancier.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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When I was a kid, 'Blade Runner' was my favorite movie. I remember seeing that when I was a little boy with my dad.
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I like to hike with my dog, Webster. It helps clear my mind.
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A will finds a way.
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I never thought of myself doing period. When you're in your acting classes, and you think about the kind of roles you want to play, it's always 'modern relationship drama'-type things.
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No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
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I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.
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I very much looked up to Janet Evans and Summer Sanders.
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If children have an interest in nature, they will understand. I want them to become people who appreciate the consequences the next generation will suffer if we destroy our natural surroundings. So without a doubt, they need to learn that nature is vital to us by experiencing it. I want them to like nature and to climb mountains and so on.
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When you write about sports, you're allowed to engage in mischief. Nothing is at stake.
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When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.
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I feel like 'Work' was a really good song for people to get to know me, as it's obviously biographical. With 'Bounce,' I wanted to make sure people know there's a fun side to me as well as the somber and serious one.
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The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
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Simply because you're a Democrat doesn't mean you can't speak to these issues in language that appeals to voters, particularly independent voters.
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Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.
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No, I'm not a very methodologically pure actor.
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Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no.
