Jim Henson Quotes
Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so there will be several of them.
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I listen to KCRW in the car and Pandora radio, which I stream through the stereo from my iPhone. I've been listening to everything from Caribou to Conway Twitty. If I'm going on a longer car ride, I'll download some podcasts.
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I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot.
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The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore.
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Everything I make starts very personally.
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I never went after fame. It fell into my lap.
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I feel I am very fortunate to have a job that I really like.
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Edible Arrangements will have to beat back some rivals, including a handful of mom-and-pop vendors and a company in Pennsylvania called Incredibly Edible Delites. And there's always the chance that a deep-pocketed national florist like FTD will decide that pretty produce is profitable and jump into the mix.
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Sides are being divided now. It's very obvious. So if you're on the other side of the fence, you're suddenly anti-American. It's breeding fear of being on the wrong side.
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Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism. So I distance myself, because I feel everything.
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A wonderful but kind of a terrible truth about acting is that you actually get to a point where you become content with an impossible task: it is really impossible to properly prepare. You kind of have to start over every time.
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In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.
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Even though I'm a leftist. I think the left eats its own.
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I never really committed to being an actor. It never felt like it would be possible, I guess.
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Giving opens the way for receiving.
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I write slowly.
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I'm too tired most of the time. Why do I have to take a stand on everything? Sometimes, I'm just not mad at it.
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In most companies, the formal hierarchy is a matter of public record - it's easy to discover who's in charge of what. By contrast, natural leaders don't appear on any organization chart.
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I say I write extrapolations. I look at data points and ask what the world could look like.
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To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero.
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Sisters, to me, are fascinating because it is a unique connection of the coming together of connection and competition. The fact that you have these age differences is a built-in power struggle, and the fact that you're all trying to get attention and resources from the same parents creates competition.
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I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit—that’s all. But I like sweets.
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The flow of people into the United States into slavery, it follows the other types of immigration into the United States, so people who are trying to build new lives, trying to build a better life.
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Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so there will be several of them.
