Patricia Polacco Quotes
When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories.
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You have to be un-comfortably comfortable in this business. There's always somebody else who wants what you have.
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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I was a regular hand when I was 7. I picked cotton. I drove tractors. Children grew up not thinking that this is what they must do. We thought this was the thing to do to help your family.
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You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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Since I was a child, I have had this feeling that the most important work I'd do would be with my family.
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I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers.
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Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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Oracle's latest database, version 12c, was specifically designed for the cloud. Oracle 12c makes all your Oracle applications multitenant applications without you having to make any changes whatsoever to your applications.
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I voted for you during your last election.
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You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
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You don't dream about things that are impossible; that are out of your range.
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I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.
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I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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It used to be that Democrats and Republicans would disagree, but they could be social to each other. There were times during the year that we acted together in the good of the country.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself.
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I don't order laws, I propose them.
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About 30% of fresh food is thrown away in supermarkets every day, although they will deny it. British households are throwing an estimated 30% of their food away, too.
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When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories.
