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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But back then the thing that saved me was the music, and it's certainly the music that saves me now. The music, my family and my friends and everybody around me.
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Sometimes you can make friends, and sometimes you can take friends. Sometimes people want to be friends with you, and you gotta be like, 'Okay, I can deal with this person's personality and be their friend, but not necessarily do I have to change who I am. I'm not gonna change myself to be their friend.'
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One of the great things about the Internet is that you can read what everybody has to say about everything. It is fascinating to me, the critiques about humor by people who have no sense of humor.
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Contentment comes from wanting what we need, not needing what we want.
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Reading has helped motivate me to become a spokesperson for programs like the WrestleMania Reading Challenge. It has motivated me to become more involved in my community and to keep learning new things.
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When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories.
