Patricia Polacco Quotes
I lived the first five years of my life on a farm in Union City, Michigan, with my mom and grandparents. It was the most magical time of my life.
Quotes to Explore
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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Once we can do Pixar-quality graphics rendered in real time with interactivity, I could see games costing $200 million to make, and all of a sudden you have to sell a lot of games just to break even, so I'm a little worried someone's going to do that.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
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Live every day as if it's going to be your last, and one day, you'll be right.
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The goal wasn't to create a billion-dollar company. The goal was to create something useful where I could learn things.
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Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.
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If I wanted to do clothes or if I wanted to make a building or design a choreography, you are able to do that - they are all under a similar kind of design umbrella.
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I just love a challenge, and always have, and will do anything to make it interesting. I'll try anything, really, as long as it's a challenge and you can have some fun doing it.
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Remember, the choices we make today shape the people we become tomorrow.
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I'm not a huge soccer fan, but I follow the sport. I played in high school, a little bit in college, played on various club teams most of my life, and all three of my sons are competitive soccer players and far better than I ever was.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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I've always wanted to do theater in Chicago. Chicago is a big theater town-and, in some ways, I think this city is savvier and smarter than New York. Sometimes, I think it's a little too chic to go to theater in New York these days.
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I don't Twitter, although sometimes I think that I should.
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When you're from an unknown place, I think it's hard for you to believe it's possible. You think you have to go to L.A. or New York to make it, but I don't think that's true. I'm glad to be an example that you can make it from where you are. All you need is talent and hard work.
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Americans are so egocentric.
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Look at any inspired painting. It's like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation.
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I lived the first five years of my life on a farm in Union City, Michigan, with my mom and grandparents. It was the most magical time of my life.
