I’m very influenced by jazz drummers. I always liked drummers like Roger Taylor, Keith Moon, Ian Paice, John Densmore. I just learned from playing to those drummers.

The Japanese keenly learned from Western civilisation in a bid to modernize and preserve the nation.

I think the most important thing that I’ve learned is that you live and you learn. Try not to make the same mistakes twice.

Planet of the Apes was a gigantic challenge, making the clothes work so people could do stunts and action in the clothes. I really learned a lot about that in that movie.

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you’re doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you’ve learned it.

I’ve learned to be more accepting of myself. I’m 37, not 18, and I’ve got the lines to prove it. I try to remind myself that a girl can have it all, just not all...

I think what I learned in research is that as Americans, we’re very distrustful of anger. We’re not sure if we should repress it. The idea that anger is supposed to be controlled is American,...

It all started with the most basic level of Uta Hagen, right at the beginning. I’m like, ‘Really? I came to grad school; I’m going to do the ‘Respect for Acting’?’ And I realized the...

I learned to read very early so I could read the comics, which I then started to draw.

I’ve learned not to look at reviews. Early on, I did. I was always curious.

I learned the power of ‘no.’ No is really important. Entrepreneurs are told to say ‘yes, yes, more, more.’

I’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.

The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I learned a lot about soldiers and officers and why they joined up and...

When you do something unusual, the audience doesn’t 100 percent know what you’re up to in the beginning. And if you’re doing a character comedy, they haven’t learned the characters yet.

I used to teach acting in a maximum security men’s prison. I worked with guys with the most dysfunctional behavior problems. I probably learned more there than from my prestigious theater degree.

I think I learned a lot from reading in general – even from reading badly written books.

Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much about performing on stage and connecting to your audience and to what you’re singing about....

One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does not need another big multimedia show.

Everything I need to know, I learned in Iowa. I grew up here in Iowa.

I’ve been fortunate to work with several actors and directors who I look up to, and learned from each of them.

Everyone has a different path. I knew no one in the acting industry growing up. I never did a play until college. I was not outspoken when I was younger and I hated being the...

Nobody black had learned anything from the ‘Letter from the Birmingham Jail’ or from the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. That was a revelation of white people.

When I started, I was told that, for all intents and purposes, I was playing a human, which made it easier. Until they told me, ‘Grace, you’re a Cylon, she wouldn’t do that.’ And later,...

They have learned that resistance is actually possible. The holds are beginning to slip away.

I don’t know if it’s a actor thing or just growing as an adult, but the best thing I’ve learned is that everyone wants to do a great job, and everyone wants you to do...

From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress.

I think ‘The Sunset Tree’ is really the album on which I really learned to trust other musicians, which is so important.

I’ve been a model for 15 years, and I’ve been on ‘Top Chef’ for eight seasons, and before that I had other cooking shows, so I’ve learned a thing or two about how to camouflage...

I used to rely on black-and-white, and while I was working on ‘Smile,’ I learned to adapt to color on my end.

I’ve learned that one thing about my life that is certain is trouble.

What we’ve learned is that if you can make the right decision in the supermarket aisle, it’s a heck of a lot easier to make a good decision when you reach in your cupboard when...

Well, I’ve learned something from Michael Robison just about maximizing your shots. For example, if I’m shooting a scene and someone’s driving at the wheel, you could steal an insert in the same shot.

We didn’t do anything wrong, but among the lessons learned, given the magnitude of the problems we now face in Afghanistan, a major U.S. force on the ground would convince the world we were in...

I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter how low it gets, something good will come along – something always comes...

What I learned about acting is that you become the character, like I became ‘Timothy Green.’

I’ve learned to suck in my stomach when photographers are around. I used to read gossip magazines all the time, but I stopped when I started being written about in them and read incredible lies...

I think I’ve learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can’t control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I’ll have more favor in the other...

I don’t have to muzzle myself when I’m a civilian. When you’re a governor, you kind of have to do it, because you represent the whole state. You have to leave your personal opinions to...

Education is very important, and the botanical garden is the place to do that. I grew up in a semi-rural area and learned from that being my playground.

Everything I learned about the Great Depression was from a college textbook.

I was also very lucky to be a teammate of two of the greatest players to have ever played the game. I learned very early on by playing for Frank Robinson and with Henry Aaron...

The one thing I learned the most about acting is it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go there and stand still. It takes courage and guts to step out of your mind frame...

I have learned from Twitter that you get that instant feedback about what people think about what you did.

So you’ll teach me?” Val asked.Ravus nodded agin. “I will make you as terrible as you desire.””I don’t want to be – ,” she started, but he held up his hand.”I know you’re very brave,”...

When I worked with wildlife a lot in the Eighties and Nineties, I learnt the meaning of patience. And when I worked with trees, I learned the meaning of humility.

I learned you have to fight for yourself in the picture business.

I started blogging in 2006 when I had sold my first novel but it had not yet been published, in those anxious months in between while I learned the whole process.

I’ve learned that for many people, change is uncomfortable. Maybe they want to go through it, and they can see the benefit of it, but at a gut level, change is uncomfortable.

I went to Huddersfield University Business School. That’s where I learned my trade.

Short fiction is the medium I love the most, because it requires that I bring everything I’ve learned about poetry – the concision, the ability to say something as vividly as possible – but also...