Jim Henson Quotes
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Life in California is beautiful.
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I am enjoying my face changing, as well as realizing that at the same time, as you get older, the machine isn't as well-oiled as it was.
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My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.
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Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day.
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I'm a warrior for the middle class.
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Well, I just wanted to be a person. I just wanted them to keep writing me as humanistic as possible.
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To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.
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Democracy requires common ground on which all can stand, but that ground is sinking beneath our feet, and democracy may be going down the sinkhole with it.
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People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
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The Fiction Writer's Co-op has 51 members, from celebrated NYT bestsellers to promising newcomers, and a waiting list.
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Heartless zealotry, whether from the religious right or from the teachers' union on the left, is always troubling.
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Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward keeping him in order and relieving his mind. It can frighten or cajole him away from evil more effectively than could reason.
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Christianity doesn't demand that we worship our ancestors. If we don't remember our ancestors, then, in all likelihood, we cannot also recall the distant past.
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I didn't know 'Homeland' was going to be 'Homeland.' I just did it because it was a terrific script, and they pitched me the story line, and I was like, 'Huh, that's interesting.'
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Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights.
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There's always someone in every group of friends that nobody likes.
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I like looking nice, but I always put comfort over fashion. I don't find thin girls attractive; be happy and healthy. I've never had a problem with the way I look. I'd rather have lunch with my friends than go to a gym.
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Do not let the Obama administration fool you with all their cunning Alinsky methods. And if you don't know what that method is, I implore you to get the book 'Rules for Radicals,' by Saul Alinsky. Mr. Obama is very well trained in these methods.
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I really began to appreciate puppetry while doing Sam and Friends.
