Jim Henson Quotes
Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US.
Quotes to Explore
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I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
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The Russo brothers are the best people ever, and they cast me in 'Happy Endings.' I did text Joe Russo to say, 'I don't think my character dies, so if you need a local news cameraman to show up in 'Captain America 2'... I know it doesn't make sense, but just hear me out on this!' He was really cool about it and turned me down right away.
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Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.
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There are something like 300 anti-genocide chapters on college campuses around the country. It's bigger than the anti-apartheid movement. There are something like 500 high school chapters devoted to stopping the genocide in Darfur. Evangelicals have joined it. Jewish groups have joined it.
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Well, every time I get ready to do a job I want to lose weight.
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So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?
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A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few albums.
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If you're last in your class at Harvard, it doesn't feel like you're a good student, even though you really are. It's not smart for everyone to want to go to a great school.
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Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores. I collect furniture, rugs, paintings, frames. It's my hobby to go around to shops and markets.
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When the government runs out of lenders, it can do something that households are forbidden to do: print money.
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It's successful, middle-class Arab men and women, professionals with seemingly happy family lives, who are prepared to go to paradise for a greater cause. That's terrifying.
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What has 'The Patchwork Girl of Oz' got in its favor? Quite a lot, from our point of view in 2009. If you want to see how Oz's creator envisioned his own work, here it is.
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I have never believed in comparisons, whether they are about different eras, players or coaches.
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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I don't buy cars I can't drive.
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As long as the cheques carry on coming in, and I'm enjoying my work, I shall continue acting.
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The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight.
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I have said repeatedly that the way to sustainable growth is to bring down inflation to much more reasonable levels.
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What was the first name of the Houston club? It wasn't the Astros. It was the Colt .45s. A lot of guys now will say Colt 45 is a beer. But it was also a pistol, and it went right with Texas.
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I like to scare myself and throw myself off the deep end.
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I may be older and wiser, I may have lived another life since then, but I know that when my time eventually comes, the memories of that day will be the final images that float through my mind. I still love her, you see, and I‟ve never removed my ring. In all these years I‟ve never felt the desire to do so.
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Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US.
