Ken Robinson Quotes
Creativity, as I see it, is the process of putting your imagination to work. It's been defined rather simply as applied imagination. That's not a bad way to think about it.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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One of my earliest memories is of my father carrying me in one arm with a picket sign in the other.
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J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.
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As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.
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I've been very active all my life. I was a combat instructor in the Israeli Army.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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I guess I'm lucky that I've been able to play a wide range of parts and a wide range of types of productions - I haven't felt much typecasting.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.
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I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters.
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I think there's a karmic purpose that souls make before they decide to come into people's bodies and become someone's parent, or become someone's child. Maybe my dad disappearing was his way of giving me material with which to work, or a predisposition to feel heightened emotions.
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
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I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
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I never thought for a second that anything I ever did was going to make someone cringe. That never occurred to me.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down.
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It's a weird scene. You win a few baseball games and all of a sudden you're surrounded by reporters and TV men with cameras asking you about Vietnam and race relations.
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I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.
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It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am.
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Entrepreneurs embody the promise of America: the idea that if you have a good idea and are willing to work hard and see it through, you can succeed in this country. And in fulfilling this promise, entrepreneurs also play a critical role in expanding our economy and creating jobs.
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You can't do every movie - although I do a lot of them - and the thing I'm longing to do is... it's not that I think I'm funny... but I long to do a situation comedy.
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The way you present a stunt is tied in to the way you photograph it, so you're hanging out with the cinematographer.
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I have no problem with people illegally downloading stuff. I'm not going to drive hard into 'You should buy my stuff,' because really, it's inevitable. If you like a song, you're going to download it for free. I have no problem with that.
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Creativity, as I see it, is the process of putting your imagination to work. It's been defined rather simply as applied imagination. That's not a bad way to think about it.
