Ken Robinson Quotes
Children are wonderfully confident in their own imaginations. Most of us lose this confidence as we grow up.
Quotes to Explore
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Scores of armed antigovernment groups, some of them far more radical, have formed or been revived during the Obama years, according to law-enforcement agencies and outside watchdogs.
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The camera fails to capture the 'business' in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for.
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
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I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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My mom, she's the strict one. If we did something bad, we'd get a whippin' but nothing too bad.
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We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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I think the colleges should be free to give athletes less than a full scholarship, no scholarship and more than a scholarship. And the athletes should be free to bargain.
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I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck.
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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.
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Kids get a lot of lip service in disaster planning, but they tend to get far fewer resources than they need. The mantra of 'children are our most valuable resource' is almost never matched by actual funding.
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I wake up some mornings hating me too.
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The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.
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I was only 23 and just out of college when I filmed 'Casualty' and so nervous, but it was brilliant fun. I was really lucky, and it really helped my career.
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I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work with people on large enterprises.
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If I was writing about an academic or a more difficult person, I would use the Latinate vocabulary more, but I do think Anglo-saxon is the language of emotion.
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I'm born in Alaska, grew up in Colorado, went to college in Colorado, went to Colorado State, and I actually finished my degree.
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I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.
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My attitude is like that of the alley cat - the alley cat that's not quite trustful, that's always watching for someone to leap on him.
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Children are wonderfully confident in their own imaginations. Most of us lose this confidence as we grow up.
