Jim Henson Quotes
When you trick people into laughing at themselves, that's wit. If you don't laugh at yourself, everything becomes heavy.
Quotes to Explore
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
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It is something where I think that people need to take a step back and realize how bad these things we are doing really are for our ears. But nobody really thinks about it. We're playing shows every night with music in our ears. That's just the industry.
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I have quite a house. People come over and I go, 'I know, I'm sorry.'
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I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
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All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
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The resilience of these people is amazing. I am a great believer that the sooner we get things up and running in terms of sport in this area, the better.
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I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder.
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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'
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Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper.
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Antonio Damasio is a distinguished neuroscientist with a flair for writing about science and an enthusiasm for philosophizing.
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Justice is like a train that is nearly always late.
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It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.
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Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
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The uncontrolled increase of the euro rate vis-a-vis the dollar threatens employment growth in the euro area.
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If the awards buzz is happening, and it's coming from critics and people in the business and all of that, that's only more good news.
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I am interested in politics but have stayed away from writing overtly political songs, or message songs, because I find it difficult to discuss politics intelligently in a 4-minute song. But I am finding there are ways to get bits and pieces of political thought across without preaching that the people have the power or we shall not be moved. Of course these sentiments have their place too - I'm not knocking Phil Ochs - but that's a different kind of music, songs to play at rallies, not to achieve a state of bliss.
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When you trick people into laughing at themselves, that's wit. If you don't laugh at yourself, everything becomes heavy.
