What some folks call impossible is just stuff they haven't seen before.
Interpretation
The impossible is often just unfamiliarity and lack of exposure to new ideas.
This quote by Robin Williams suggests that what people often label as impossible is merely a consequence of their limited experience and imagination. It encourages us to challenge our perceptions and embrace the unknown, as we may discover possibilities that have yet to be explored.
In practice
During a motivational speech, one could use this quote to inspire the audience to embrace new challenges.
It's that idea that you can have one drink - and no you can't. Within a week I was drinking heavily. It was so quick that even I was like, 'Wow.' Because you have that initial warm feeling going, 'Oh, I remember this'. And your body does, too. And your body goes, 'Yeah, so do I'. Then the demon voice comes, 'Yeah, so do I. You know what would be great? You know we bought a little bottle before? A full bottle would be wonderful'.
I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.
Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did you do that?' But in the end, I can't regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it.
I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'
I write on big yellow legal pads - ideas in outline form when I'm doing stand-up and stuff. It's vivid that way. I can't type it into an iPad - I think that would put a filter into the process.
I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now.
We can have a new vision, one even greater than the system they gave us after World War II. Everyone can pursue happiness and freedom and peace.
My experience from 20 years of Africa is that the seemingly impossible is possible.
I have seen girls tackle every single big problem from cancer to lead poisoning to climate change to homelessness to bullying in schools. There is literally no problem that we can't solve.
You can't be what you can't see. Expose yourself to more role models and diverse experience to broaden your perspectives and ideas.
In Genua, someone set out to make dreams come true. Remember some of your dreams?
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