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I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.
- Patricia Polacco
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Generally, what adults want to know is my background, why I write what I write, and very personal insights that some say are inspiring.
- Patricia Polacco
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I don't care what color the parents are. I don't care if it's a giraffe and a fish living together. If they're raising children who believe they're honored and loved, that's all that's important.
- Patricia Polacco
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Now, I've got to tell you: 'In Our Mothers House,' I don't think is for a kindergartner.
- Patricia Polacco
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Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.
- Patricia Polacco
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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story - I don't think they exist.
- Patricia Polacco
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Be kind to one another. You may need each other when you are older.
- Patricia Polacco
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I could walk into anyone's home one time and draw a three-dimensional architectural plan of the inside of their home from memory, but I could not add up a column of numbers.
- Patricia Polacco
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My family always encouraged my drawing ability. Kids in school who teased me about my reading would get out of their seats and stand behind my desk as I worked and go, 'Wow, you can really draw.' Later, I earned a degree in Fine Art and got a Ph.D. in Art History.
- Patricia Polacco
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All of us have a 'voice' inside where all inspired thoughts come from. When I talk to children and aspiring writers, I always ask them to turn off the TV and listen to that voice inside them.
- Patricia Polacco
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I believe with all my heart that the American classroom teachers are one of our greatest and most heroic treasures.
- Patricia Polacco
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I used to say to my bubbe, 'Bubbe, is this story true?' And she'd say, 'Of course it's true! But it may not have happened.' What my bubbe was saying is profound: All stories are true. The truth is the journey you take through it - did it make you laugh, cry, seek and want justice? Then it's true.
- Patricia Polacco
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Maybe one of you can enlighten me, but I just don't understand why it is so hard to be kind to one another?
- Patricia Polacco
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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
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#Me
#Old
#Teachers
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My parents were divorced when I was three, and both my father and mother moved back into the homes of their parents. I spent the school year with my mother, and the summers with my dad.
- Patricia Polacco
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