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'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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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 you don't stick up for what's yours, and defend what's yours... what are you?
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I think the Mama people remember is from 'Mama's Family.' She really turned into a pretty cool character. The sketches from the 'Burnett' show, if people are old enough to remember, were written by writers who all hated their mothers.
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'Frozen' definitely isn't about a man, but about the relationship between two sisters. At different times in our lives we find ourselves either more connected to or disconnected from the people in our family, and I think audiences will really be able to relate to that.
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When I was born, my dad and my mom gave me names, but in Africa, when your child is born, especially close family members can suggest names they want to add on. Maybe your grandmom and your grandpop have something to add to the name of the child.
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I never do anything that doesn't feel natural to me. I wake up in the morning and I know what to put on - it's my sixth sense, really.
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As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.
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The person who dumps garbage into your mind will do you considerably more harm than the person who dumps garbage on your floor, because each load of mind garbage negatively impacts your possibilities and lowers your expectations.
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Infidelity has always existed, but I feel like it was brushed under the carpet, behind the scenes. Now everyone is at it - and they've stopped pretending they're not.
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When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories.
