Ken Robinson Quotes

Passion is the driver of achievement in all fields. Some people love doing things they don't feel they're good at. That may be because they underestimate their talents or haven't yet put the work in to develop them.

Ken Robinson

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• I appreciate cooperation with Turkey on many issues. We are grateful for the support we receive for E.U. and NATO integration for Montenegro.

  

  Igor Luksic
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• I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • Rock
  • Just
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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.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • People
  • Why
  • America

• I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Up
  • Trying
  • Know

• You can say whatever you want about me, I'm not really bothered. But when it starts to upset people I care about or I hear about it from my mum, then that's a problem.

  

  Zayn Malik One Direction
  • People
  • Problem
  • Mum

• I am filled with uncertainty and fear when thinking about how my two daughters will grow into this world as Hoosiers, as Americans, as women and free thinkers.

  

  Nate Powell
  • World
  • Thinking
  • Women

• I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.

  

  Wendy Davis
  • Hair
  • Struggle
  • Constant

• As governor, I'm spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.

  

  Jack Markell
  • Time
  • Government
  • Three

• Some people are enraged, and some people are applauding. If there were a mission statement for graffiti, that would be it.

  

  Barry McGee
  • People
  • Mission
  • Graffiti

• I think it's nice to break down that barrier, that models are seen and not heard.

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • Think
  • Nice
  • Down

• I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.

  

  Samantha Bond
  • Always
  • Insecurity
  • Out

• Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.

  

  Raghuram Rajan
  • Accountability
  • Corrupt

• We all go to the theater and cinema to be inspired and moved on an emotional level, sometimes to laughter, sometimes to tears. Once I discovered that acting could have such an effect, I was sold. It has been one of the most rewarding discoveries I have ever made.

  

  Ian Anthony Dale
  • Emotional
  • Acting
  • Inspired

• If you're setting up lights and tripods, and you've got three assistants running around, people will want to get you out as fast as they can. But if you go the opposite way, if you make the camera the least important thing in the room, then it's different.

  

  D. A. Pennebaker
  • People
  • Up
  • Different

• Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.

  

  Ed Townsend
  • Trust
  • Always
  • Obedience

• I try to work on my defense every game, every practice.

  

  Oscar Taveras
  • Work
  • Game
  • Practice

• Just once I would like to persuade the audience not to wear any article of blue denim. If only they could see themselves in a pair of brown corduroys like mine instead of this awful, boring blue denim.

  

  Ian Anderson
  • Audience
  • See
  • Blue

• When you're filming, it's very different from what you see on screen.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Different
  • You
  • See

• I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?

  

  Samantha Power
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• I was in Italy in 1992 working on magazine articles when I got a call from the Italian travel commission. They asked, would I mind being an escort for an older woman? I told them I don't do that kind of work, but then they said it was Julia Child, and I said I'd be right there.

  

  Bob Spitz
  • Work
  • Mind
  • Travel

• My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.

  

  Banks
  • People
  • Parents
  • Painful

• Oh, talking about private school, man, I had cornrows, and when I picked 'em out, certain people that didn't look like me always wanted to touch 'em. One time, I just said, 'Yo, hell no.'

  

  John David Washington
  • People
  • Time
  • School

• In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Love
  • Way
  • Myself

• Passion is the driver of achievement in all fields. Some people love doing things they don't feel they're good at. That may be because they underestimate their talents or haven't yet put the work in to develop them.

  

  Ken Robinson
  • People
  • Good
  • Work