Jim Henson Quotes
With puppets, I don't think you should try to duplicate what humans do. It can cause problems.
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All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.
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I didn't have children, but I never wanted children.
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Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity.
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I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office.
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It has always surprised me that in a world of relations as hard as that of the United States, cordiality constantly springs out like water from an unstanchable fountain.
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The beauty of Judaism is that it demands we ask questions, especially of ourselves.
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Most of my family doesn't speak English. It's so important for the baby. He's going to know all his American roots, but he also needs to know about his Brazilian side.
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I've never really felt like a veteran. I've never felt like the guy who's like, 'OK, everyone needs to look up to me and respect me.' I've always just been one of the guys that people are excited to get in the ring with. That's all I want.
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There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
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She was obsessed with French and Swedish cinema. I also remember our mother showing us 'Gone With the Wind' very early on. She absolutely loved Vivien Leigh, so it must have been a formative experience for me, thinking, 'Oh, maybe one day I'll be like Vivien Leigh.'
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We're doing unusual records that sound big, have a pop feel, and we're getting better at it.
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It's fun to be an actor and dress up, but I'm happy being me and just loving accepting my personal style.
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I get paid to go work with people I've admired since forever, and I get to learn from them? What? I would pay to go sit and be a fly on the wall!
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People refer to me as part of the MCU, as opposed to just being this actor. Honestly, it's an honor.
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I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.
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In a basic sense, 'A Little Life' is a homage to how my friends and I live our lives. I wanted to push past the definitions of how we typically define friendship. It's a different version of adulthood, but it's no less important and no less legitimate than anyone else's.
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Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.
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I was able to promote a strong defense budget when it could have been cut a lot more severely.
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The most fascinating part is how fashion just attracts all these social rejects, if you will, from around the world, encourages individuality. They're the people who make the industry tick.
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It's impossible to have zero defects.
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Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.
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I loved 'Space Ghost' when I was in college.
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With puppets, I don't think you should try to duplicate what humans do. It can cause problems.
