Jim Henson Quotes
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Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.
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I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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Wes Craven's 'Shocker' is one of my favorite soundtracks. I don't know where that movie stands in the critical eye of cinema, but it was a really fun movie because of all the bands that were part of it.
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I'd rather be known for my accomplishments, and for things that I really do take pride in, rather than known for this doll-like image I had when I was a child.
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I am lucky, I don't have aches and pains. I do Pilates regularly, which is a series of stretching exercises, and I recommend it to anyone of my age because the temptation is not to exercise when you get older. Well, you should.
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My dad was so much fun growing up.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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I have even written a book about Wine called The Grapes of Ralph.
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I quickly discovered that trying to go play golf while living in Manhattan was about as easy as trying to grab a taxi while standing out in front of Saks Fifth Avenue in the freezing rain on the last shopping day before Christmas.
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I don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American about using the brute force of government to bully someone.
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We collaborate with other countries on issues like public health and climate change because we understand these issues affect our collective welfare.
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I went through a really dorky phase.
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I never hated a man enough to give him diamonds back.
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There's absolutely nothing that the God I believe in cannot do.
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'Sometimes,' said General Morpurgo, taking her hand, 'dreams are all that separate us from the machines.'
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The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.
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It is unjust and absurd of those advancing in years, to expect of the young that confidence should come all and only on their side: the human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.
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Once people have seen four or five Henry Moores, they will have a sense of great art.
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If there is continuity in the universe, it is fitting that there should be intelligent beings without bodies which are called angels.
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I decide on the basis of conscience. A genuine leader doesn't reflect consensus, he molds consensus.
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Let fancy still in my sense in Lethe steep; If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep!
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I see my subject as an orchestration of shapes, patterns, shade, cast shadows, tonal groupings and aerial perspective.
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The whole idea with the show from the start was to go international.