Ken Robinson Quotes
Most people didn't pursue their passions simply because of the promise of a paycheck. They pursued them because they couldn't imagine doing anything else with their lives.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm ready to stretch my legs. I'm ready to jump in the ring.
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You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.
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In North Germany, a troublesome ghost is bagged, and the bag emptied in some lone spot or in the garden of a neighbour against whom a grudge is entertained.
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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.
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Themes only arise after a novel is written, and people begin to try to talk about it.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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The idea of doing a production of 'Carousel' that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the 1950s really intrigues me.
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The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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I had short hair for a while, but I ended up loving it.
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Some guys just slip under the radar.
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I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.
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There wasn't a rich father or rich family that paid for everything that I have right now, so I worked my way.
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The code of the knight is still the code of the gentleman today.
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What is American music? The most satisfying answer I've come across is that it was a kind of natural comfort with the vernacular which is diverse and regional; it's not one particular set of sounds.
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It was interesting to shoot history as it happens, without anyone demanding a huge story.
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Most people didn't pursue their passions simply because of the promise of a paycheck. They pursued them because they couldn't imagine doing anything else with their lives.
