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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If you don't stick up for what's yours, and defend what's yours... what are you?
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I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track of.
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The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the world unite.
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You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.
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When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories.
