Ken Robinson Quotes
Very often, organizations are inflexible because there is too little communication between functions; they are too segregated.
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Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down.
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When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
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I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
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If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.
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The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
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If I didn't love the hourglass, I wouldn't love myself.
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The room-service Caesar salads with soggy croutons, the distant relatives who show up at readings pitching weird, far-fetched investment schemes, the fans who have you sign a book to 'Cathy' and then tell you, 'No, it's Kathy with a K' - it gets challenging after a while. It tests your stamina.
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I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.
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This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.
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Too often, when Europeans talked of trans-Atlantic ties, we focused on the North Atlantic only.
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I was an accidental model. One day I was asked to me a model by a neighbor who was short on models. Then I got into TV.
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When you make your first film at 47 and anybody but your mother goes to see it, to me, that's a miracle.
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My dad worked two jobs his whole life, and so I told him he's the reason I have 20 jobs.
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Entitled people drive me insane. The world owes you nothing! Get over it!
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It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or a snorkel.
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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Communication - the human connection - is the key to personal and career success.
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At times it seems as if you're a glorified babysitter with these guys, but they're all really good people. You just want to keep everybody happy. One of the biggest things is to keep the lines of communication open and just to keep everything running as smoothly as possible.
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Very often, organizations are inflexible because there is too little communication between functions; they are too segregated.
