Patricia Polacco Quotes
Now, I've got to tell you: 'In Our Mothers House,' I don't think is for a kindergartner.
Quotes to Explore
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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Apartheid was in South Africa; now it has been transferred to Palestine.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.
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Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans.
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I've repeatedly voted for sanctions against Iran. And I think all options should be on the table to prevent them from having nuclear weapons.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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I think Steve Jobs is a historic figure. He's not only a historic figure in business, but really in America.
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I grew up watching my mom and dad selling rooms in our motels. We had CEOs coming to our house so that my dad could persuade them to have their executives stay in Hyatt hotels.
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I think it's about not just the crisis you're in, but how do you get to the other side? How do we heal? How do we survive this experience while remaining hopeful instead of filled with despair? That's what interests me.
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I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for women that is respected on television.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing.
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Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.
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Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
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In certain ways, we, many of us, stopped paying attention to the world. I have to think we would have moved on the whole climate issue in a different way if we'd been paying better attention.
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What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed.
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To get a movie star, you have to give them two hours of screen time.
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Must all of them and their families be physically abolished? Of course not? They must be 'liquidated' or melted in the hot fire of exile and labor into the proletarian masses.
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I can clap with one hand.
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I don't really know what Americans are like. I've no idea. I know a few things about them. In my imagination, they have warm peachy hearts, whereas the English have horrible spiteful withered hearts - success in England inspires envy - in America, it inspires hope.
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Now, I've got to tell you: 'In Our Mothers House,' I don't think is for a kindergartner.
