Ken Robinson Quotes

Many highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they're not - because the thing they were good at at school wasn't valued, or was actually stigmatized.

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• Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Life
  • Band
  • Like

• You're dealing with all these foreign agents, foreign brushes, and different time zones. So, you have to put just as much work into taking that makeup off as you do into putting it on.

  

  Paloma Elsesser
  • Time
  • Work
  • Different

• Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.

  

  Nazanin Boniadi
  • Life
  • Career
  • Medicine

• Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.

  

  Laura Moser
  • Diversity
  • Just
  • Big

• When you're a kid, to be honest, you could be in the worst situation ever, but you're still going to have ways to enjoy it.

  

  Halima Aden
  • Enjoy
  • Situation
  • Kid

• It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in the past.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Past
  • Me
  • Joy

• I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.

  

  Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.
  • Hip Hop
  • Chris
  • Martin

• Now I feel like whatever I do, no one can hurt me. I cannot be violated, I cannot be humiliated, I cannot be disregarded, I cannot be disrespected.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • Hurt
  • Feel
  • Humiliated

• Y'all have no idea how many times I say, 'Yes, ma'am.'

  

  Taylor Hicks
  • Idea
  • How
  • Yes

• It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.

  

  Ian Millar
  • Discipline
  • Plan
  • Execution

• When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Know
  • Become
  • Let Go

• The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Small
  • Voice
  • Distance

• I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.

  

  O. J. Simpson
  • Life
  • Know
  • I Can

• The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Life
  • Good
  • Live

• I've had a few ditty hits.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Had
  • Few
  • Hits

• I think women today are really struggling with these dual roles: How do you have a full-time career and be ambitious and still take care of your family?

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • Time
  • Women
  • Family

• It's not my job to get really personal in how I express myself. I've met fans, and they've been lovely. But letting my personal life out there, I don't think is a good idea for me. I think the more you do that, the more you can be accused of encouraging that kind of attention.

  

  Laura Donnelly
  • Life
  • Good
  • Job

• Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.

  Mandy Bujold
  • Winning
  • Olympics
  • Than

• Once in a while, you'll get somebody who watched 'One Tree Hill' and 'Supernatural,' but by and large, whoever watches one show is very distinct. There's not a lot of crossover. It's like, 'This is my show, and I love this show. I know everything about this show. My show is my show, and it will be until I die.'

  

  Lindsey McKeon
  • Die
  • Tree
  • Supernatural

• Use your heart to love somebody. And If your heart is big enough, use your heart to love EVERYBODY.

  

  Stevie Wonder
  • Heart
  • Love
  • Use

• When your work is nonfiction about low-income communities, pretty much anything that's not nonfiction about low-income communities feels like a guilty pleasure.

  

  Katherine Boo
  • Work
  • Pretty
  • Guilty

• Don't get me wrong: 'America's Next Top Model' is fantastic. They've done 20 seasons, so they've obviously done something right. But I think what ensures that the winner of 'The Face' will become a working model is the prize - a year-long contract with a cosmetics company is huge.

  

  Coco Rocha
  • Long
  • Done
  • America

• I don't tweet. I prefer face-to-face communication and sometimes Instagram.

  

  Elizabeth Jagger
  • Communication

• Many highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they're not - because the thing they were good at at school wasn't valued, or was actually stigmatized.

  

  Ken Robinson
  • People
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  • School