Ken Robinson
Ken Robinson
constantly instead run vulnerable whittle
That is when they become most vulnerable -- when they are on the run -- because they can't plan, they can't coordinate, they can't rehearse, and if you constantly keep them on the run, you can whittle them down instead of them whittling you down.
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In those locations, where that type of support could be located -- and then a unilateral action would occur by Iraqis or the United States government -- that would seriously escalate our problems with the Syrian government.
anyone coordinate exact gotten grid reported
Had anyone reported this -- had we reported it, or had it gotten out -- it would have enabled them to know that they had the exact grid coordinate they needed.
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Just like we do for fire victims every day of the year, we want to meet those needs.
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Nobodoy can make anybody else learn anything. You can't make them.Any more than if you are a gardener you make flowers grow. You don't make the flowers grow. You don't stick the petals on the leaves and paint it. The flower grows itself. Your job if you are any good at it, is to provide the optimal conditions for growth.
children growing-up imagination
Children are wonderfully confident in their own imaginations. Most of us lose this confidence as we grow up.
teamwork growth stuff
Most great learning happens in groups. Collaboration is the stuff of growth.
motivation real inspiration
Very many people go through their whole lives having no real sense of what their talents may be, or if they have any to speak of.
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Learning happens in the minds and souls, not in the databases of multiple-choice tests.
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What you do for yourself dies with you when you leave this world, what you do for others lives on forever.
children kids childhood
If you sit kids down, hour after hour, doing low-grade clerical work, don't be surprised if they start to fidget. Children are not, for the most part, suffering from a psychological condition, they're suffering from childhood.
motivational attitude opportunity
One way of opening ourselves up to new opportunities is to make conscious efforts to look differently at our ordinary situations. Doing so allows a person to see the world as one rife with possibility and to take advantage of some of those possibilities if they seem worth pursuing.
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Being in your element is not only about aptitude, it's about passion: it is about loving what you do...tapping into your natural energy and your most authentic self.
athlete creative mind
You can't be a creative thinker if you're not stimulating your mind, just as you can't be an Olympic athlete if you don't train regularly.