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Patricia Polacco Quotes

I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare because I would mispronounce words or reconstruct things that weren't even there. That's when one of my teachers discovered I had a learning disability called dyslexia. Once I got help, I read very well!

Patricia Polacco

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: July 11, 1944

Topics

Learning Words Me Reading Help Out

The maddening thing is as actors of either sex, we get better as we get older, and so when you are 65, you think, 'I could play Juliet now. I understand it.'

Think Better You Sex Play Now

By creating an urgent crisis that can only be solved by those fluent in a language too complex for ordinary people to understand, the Wall Street crowd has turned the vast majority of Americans into non-participants in their own political future.

Future People Language Political Own

I started trying to do my own music at home, and I was like, 'You know what, I can play the guitar, sort of. And I can do these things, sort of. And I can make these crazy noises on my computer, sort of. But I need a ridiculously good drummer. I need someone to help me with string arrangements.'

Good Home Music Me Crazy Guitar

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.

Alone Time Day Man You Bad

Performers should really go to the best schools, like Lady Gaga, you know, she went to NYU and had great teachers... It's best to really study your technique as much as you possibly can so you can have a long career instead of a quick one that's a failure.

Failure Great Best Long You Career

Guacamole is really healthy. It's really good for your skin.

Millie Bobby Brown

Good Skin Healthy Your Really

Again, I'm used to speaking to a lot of people; I have a lot of friends and family, and I perform music and speak in front of a lot of crowds. So I share with people already a lot in my life.

Life Family Music Friends And Family

Remember to always be yourself.

Yourself Be Yourself Remember Always

I realized there's a difference between creating a character and sustaining a character. The challenge that comes with sustaining a character is that you have this sudden impulse to think about all the things the audience liked.

Character Challenge Think You Things

When you go to the Opry for a show or hear it on the radio, you get the whole circle of country music.

Music You Circle Country Go Radio

I don't take relationships too seriously, but everyone else seems to. And when you get your heart broken, it's like the end of the world. And I look at it as that was one moment in your life, one chapter. That person helped you grow and figure out what kind of person you want to be with in the future.

Life Future Heart Moment Broken End

German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case.

Looking Down Knowing Real Over Just

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