Ken Robinson Quotes
These powers of imagination and creativity are among the few things that set us apart from the rest of life on Earth. But they make all the difference.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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The cultural decoding that many American writers require has become an even harder task in the age of globalisation. The experience they describe has grown more private; its essential background, the busy larger world, has receded.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.
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I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
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The Republican Party, which John McCain led as our nominee in 2008, is going to become irrelevant if we become the party of intolerance and hate. The party founded by Abraham Lincoln was a party that fought slavery and intolerance at every level.
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The best piece of advice that my mother gave me is to never have a plan B. She told me to stick to plan A because if you have a plan B you will inevitably fall back on it.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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I think a lot of my anxieties and fears are things that are very abstract.
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Parisian women have an inner elegance that's envied the world over. They are so relaxed about ageing and seem to acquire more charisma and beauty with time. Who wouldn't want to be like them? That's the trick - to embrace the natural progression of life and to be confident.
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Here's another secret - I have really big feet. I'm a size ten, so every opportunity I get I buy myself shoes.
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No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing.
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I did grow up with Michael Landau, my brother since we were 12 years old. That was competition but in the best way. He is such a monster, always was, and we had a blast growing up playing in bands and early recording and are still the best of pals.
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These powers of imagination and creativity are among the few things that set us apart from the rest of life on Earth. But they make all the difference.
