Ken Robinson Quotes
There isn’t an education system on the planet that teaches dance everyday to children the way we teach them mathematics. Why?
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies.
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I always played to win.
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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I can't relate to skinny, perfectly sculptured, tanned men singing about gold chains and Ferraris because I'm not that way.
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To me hair dressing means shape. It's very important that the foundations should be right.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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Purgatory fire will be more intolerable than all the torments that can be felt or conceived in this life.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
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I think Hollywood wants to be safe. The things you do first become your calling card, and I think people just sort of go, 'Well, we know he can do that.' They kind of put you in that hole.
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Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.
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It was really fascinating for everyone involved in 'Fargo' that Marge Gunderson became the iconic character she did. I think it was something about the cultural zeitgeist and what was happening with women in the workplace.
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I don't get hung up on weight.
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When you are in the public eye, you have to protect yourself. There are so many people judging you. I just try to be myself.
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I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've adopted an African child, a child who has a different color skin than I do.
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We could say that the totality, life wants the sapling to become a tree, but the sapling doesn't see itself as separate from life and so wants nothing for itself. It is one with what life wants. That's why it isn't worried or stressed. And, if it has to die prematurely, it dies with ease.....
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I used to think that what scared me was the idea of being abandoned until someone said to me, 'Only children can be abandoned. Adults can't be abandoned because we have a choice. Children don't have a choice.'
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That difficult start drove me on to inspire children and let them know that it is never to late to repair a bad experience at school, and once you get your head down and start to read books, you can really achieve.
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When you print money, the money does not flow evenly into the economic system. It stays essentially in the financial service industry and among people that have access to these funds, mostly well-to-do people. It does not go to the worker.
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One of the things that happens at the speed of light is that people lose their goals in life. So what takes the place of goals and objectives? Well, role-playing is coming in very fast.
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There isn’t an education system on the planet that teaches dance everyday to children the way we teach them mathematics. Why?
