Ken Robinson Quotes
Our task is to educate our children's whole being so they can face the future and make something of it. To achieve this we need to balance education for careers with education for twenty-first century life.
Quotes to Explore
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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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Having companies like PotashCorp based in Saskatoon or Cameco based in Saskatoon that have worldwide presence but have the head office jobs, the head office managers and head office employees in your local economy are important from a job creation and wealth creation point of view.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the justice that underlies it, and I think one of the things I've been trying more or less, where it was possible, is to go with the justice rather than the letter of the law.
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I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?
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It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.
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I've been lucky because Hollywood can be harsh and try to pigeonhole you. I've done TV, films, and comedy, done it all... I think I'm spread out evenly among the film community. I've been lucky and keep working with great actors.
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Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.
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The substance of what it means to be a geek is essentially someone who's brave enough to love something against judgment. The heart of being a geek is a little bit of rejection.
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When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.
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When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.
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Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.
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The maids in my village talked of falling in love with a man at first sight. That has always seemed naught but foolishness to me. Until I enter Sister Serafina's workshop. It is unlike anything I have ever seen, full of strange sights and smells, and I tumble headlong into love.
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It will remain remarkable, in whatever way our future concepts may develop, that the very study of the external world led to the scientific conclusion that the content of the consciousness is the ultimate universal reality
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Our task is to educate our children's whole being so they can face the future and make something of it. To achieve this we need to balance education for careers with education for twenty-first century life.
