Jim Henson Quotes
When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with puppets or had any interest in them.
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The leader of the market today may not necessarily be the leader tomorrow.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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Our goal definitely isn't to sell Stripe.
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Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of jihad and of resisting the American occupiers, and slowly this turned into an organized movement.
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If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me around with a giant butterfly net. The same with paying to watch a television station.
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When you cross over on fandoms, people don't know what to do with themselves.
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There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
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I love apple juice.
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When I feel off, I read the 'Tao Te Ching' to get my equilibrium right. I started reading it in the eleventh grade.
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Beef is beef, you know. Beef comes, so Beef is real.
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During the songs, you transcend yourself. The best way to be in the performance is to be without pause and be essentially in the moment, in that moment of expression.
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We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.
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Sometimes, of course, there's no quick way to make it through immigration: Different airports have gluts of incoming flights at different times of day, and short of rearranging your flight schedule to ensure you'll land at a low-traffic hour, there's nothing you can do.
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Don't worry about your heart, it will last you as long as you live.
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Spring, you are a pinking shears: you cut fresh edges on the world.
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Wedding is destiny, and hanging likewise.
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But you begin to feel as you go on working that unless painting proves its right to exist by being critical and self-judging, it has no reason to exist at all - or is not even possible. The canvas is a court where the artist is prosecutor, defendant, jury and judge. Art without a trial disappears at a glance.
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Most Americans would say that they disapproved of violence. But what they really mean is that they believe it should be the monopoly of the state.
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When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with puppets or had any interest in them.
