Quotes About Learning

Parenting is no sport for perfectionists.

Every institution is perfectly capable of forgetting what it has learned in three years.

My mum was methodical in making sure we did our homework perfectly. She would do outlines to help us. When we were younger, she used flash cards.

Give children healthy food and they behave better at school, concentrate more in class and perform better in exams.

Being on set is like being in college, for me, because I get to watch other people perform and I can learn from them if I listen and pay attention.

My form is more on the lines of a Chinese porcelain-jar juggler. They learn it as a child. They learn, learn, learn, learn - but not with a porcelain jar. Then, when they're ready to perform, they're taken to a museum, and they're given a porcelain jar for a lifetime to use. When they're done, it's returned to the museum.

I learned a lot just watching people perform.

I feel like with every performance that I see, I get better because I've always thought - while I'm watching people perform - of what I would do.

Be honest about how you approach failure. Don't just be critical of yourself, because that can be self-serving. Approach it honestly, assess your performance, and assess the areas where you have fallen short. Correct them and move on. Don't dwell on it. Don't hold on to it.

What I learned from Mel Brooks was audacity - in performance as in life. Maybe you go too far, but try it.

Being a footballer was about analysing performance, never being satisfied, seeing what lessons you can learn and who you can learn from.

Learning to read, for the brain, is a lot like an amateur ringmaster first learning how to organise a three-ring circus. He wants to begin individually and then synchronise all the performances. It only happens after all the separate acts are learned and practised long and well.

I owe so much of my musical growth to my exploration and performance of Carnatic music.

I'm not, like, a natural performer. It's sort of a thing that I've had to learn to do.

I worked really hard in college, and I came out a completely different person and performer than when I went in. I did the work, and I found a craft.

I figured if I played in the no-man's land of intimacy, I would learn to be a performer.

You have to learn how to sing from your diaphragm, and you don't become a great performer overnight. It takes a while. The more you do it, the better you are.

I look for stories that are different because that is how I will grow as a performer.

I have always had open conversations with Shahid. He would discuss what he felt as a performer, and I would talk to him about his performances.

I think I would not be who I am if I did not have experience both as an audience and as a performer in those early days of my career. It taught me what entertainment is all about.

I always give credit to Scotty 2 Hotty. He is an amazing teacher. I was in his class for, I want to say three months and I learned so much and he helped me grow, not only as a performer, but as a person. He was always there for me.

I'm a musician, and I feel like musicians owe it to themselves and owe it to music to concern themselves with as much of music as interests them. Even if you decide that you're never going to compose, you will be a better performer if you concern yourself with the craft of composition.

I'm one of those performers who has done just about everything except juggle, and I'm working on that.

Moving to New York City and doing what I do, social anxiety is a really ridiculous kind of curse to have. But I met people along the way who deal with it - performers as well - and they are learning to deal with it daily and deal with it in different ways.