Jim Henson Quotes
I always felt that I was not a part of things in general. I've always been outside of things.
Quotes to Explore
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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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It's a crazy busy schedule, but I still have two hours a day for school because it's a priority.
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Obama spoke so slowly because he, a clever and cultured man, had constantly to be on his guard against sounding it.
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If you're a baby about the media, as I was, you can't imagine what it's like when the great approval machine shines its beam on you, when every time you cross the street someone comes out of a manhole to talk about your haircut.
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Training and managing your own mind is the most important skill you could ever own, in terms of both happiness and success.
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I can't work without my family being with me.
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I always felt that I was not a part of things in general. I've always been outside of things.
