Jim Henson Quotes
I always felt that I was not a part of things in general. I've always been outside of things.

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Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.
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I think that everything starts to go to hell when you start smelling your own farts and complimenting yourself on how great they smell. We're not going to turn into fart-smellers.
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People make mistakes. They say stupid things.
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My job is to help more people have jobs.
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Why is it that a large majority of Hindus do not inter-dine and do not inter-marry? Why is it that your cause is not popular? There can be only one answer to this question, and it is that inter-dining and inter-marriage are repugnant to the beliefs and dogmas which the Hindus regard as sacred.
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It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and how language lives, carries on and changes over time.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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I grew up in New York till I was 5, and I remember going to see 'Annie' and some musicals as a kid, and I remember my parents being somewhat okay with us watching 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which, it boggles my mind that they allowed me to watch it.
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I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is.
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I love all animals. I just happen to prefer cats. They're really chill, and they're loving yet not loving. I relate to them, in a way.
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Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.
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Politics is a people business. I like people.
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I'm always thinking, 'My goodness, I got booked again!' So I am really happy to still be working.
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In Paris, everybody is in black! But you know, in Ukraine everyone wears bright colours.
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It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all sitting down.
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Even if we never cure a single disease, the Human Genome Project and other ventures will have been worth it.
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There would be no difficulty in securing the rights of the people and the liberties of Texas if men would march to their duty and not fly like recreants from danger. Texas must be defended and liberty maintained.
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I feel very blessed to have such wonderful cheerleaders and champions of my work.
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I've done that quite often, but I've got to be quite honest... as much as you would want to only do one at a time, sometimes projects overlap and there's nothing you can do. Sometimes you to have begin writing a new project just as you're finishing off another.
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Yes, I am 100% anarchist. Anarchy, to me, is a belief that all transactions, all activity, should be voluntary. It is a peaceful philosophy of not forcing anyone to do anything and not allowing anyone else to force you to do anything.
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When we came to this country, unfortunately, my father lost his job, and we were this close to destitution. We were put on food stamps. We were put in public housing.
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I always felt that I was not a part of things in general. I've always been outside of things.