Patricia Polacco Quotes
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Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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Inflicting emotional distress has typically been treated as a civil action. How 'substantial' does the distress have to be for it to turn criminal?
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Working on camera, your face is your career. But I'm not really one to buy into the pressures. At the end of the day, the job I do, it's more about the art and craft of it. If you're good at what you do, there's a place for you in the industry, no matter what you or your skin look like.
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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Anyone who's been through divorce will know that every day is really hard.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality.
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Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.
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I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.
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My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there's maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.
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I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them.
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Most of my stuff, I never really watch.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.
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I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
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I love science fiction when it's well-done. I don't like campy stuff. I don't like stuff that's too fantastical.
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I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.
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I am extremely proud of my rags-to-riches story. It's fun to be a misfit or an underdog if you acknowledge your gifts and befriend your obstacles.
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I've been a war reporter and a human rights defender. A professor and a columnist. A diplomat and - by far most thrillingly - a mother. And what I've learned from all these experiences is that any change worth making is going to be hard. Period.
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I must have made a good impression because a club official to us into his office and asked me if I would sign on for a year with a view to becoming a professional.
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I feel like comedy is important, and I think political satire can be really important.
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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story – I don't think they exist.
