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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A country's assets reside in the tinkerers, the hobbyists, and the risk-takers.
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I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining it to death, so much so that the first draft contained references absolutely incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't lived here for several years.
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Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that.
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I grew up in D.C.
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A documentary photograph is not a factual photograph.
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Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US.
