Walt Disney Quotes
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It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.
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In bad times and in good I've never lost my sense of zest for life.
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I believe in being a motivator.
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I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment.
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We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
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Your talent makes you who you are. You should be proud of it.
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I'm not the perfectionist anymore. It's my staff. They're the ones always insisting on doing something better and better.
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I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.
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A man should never neglect his family for business.
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Fantasy, if it's really convincing, can't become dated, for the simple reason that it represents a flight into a dimension that lies beyond the reach of time. In this new dimension, whatever it is, nothing corrodes or gets run down at the heel or gets to look ridiculous like, say, the celluloid collar or the bustle.
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The most exciting and by far the most important part of our Florida Project - in fact, the heart of everything we'll be doing in Disney World - will be our Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow! We call it EPCOT.
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Family fun is as necessary to modern living as a kitchen refrigerator.
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I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.
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All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me.
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The most exciting and, by far, the most important part of our Florida project, in fact, the heart of everything well be doing in Disney World, will be our experimental prototype city of tomorrow. We call it EPCOT.
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Our greatest national resource is the minds of our children.
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Today, we are shapers of the world of tomorrow. That is plain truth. There is no way we can duck the responsibility, and there is no reason why we should.
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There is nothing wrong with good schmaltz, nothing wrong with good heart... The critics think I'm kind of corny. Well, I am corny. As long as people respond to it, I'm okay.
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Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what outside, but what is inside that counts.
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Disneyland is often called a magic kingdom because it combines fantasy and history, adventure and learning, together with every variety of recreation and fun designed to appeal to everyone.
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Childishness? I think it's the equivalent of never losing your sense of humor. I mean, yes there's a certain something that you retain. It's the equivalent of not getting so stuffy that you can't laugh at others.
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Now when we opened Disneyland, outer space was Buck Rogers.
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When I'm dead I don't want a funeral. I want people to remember me alive.
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[Mickey Mouse] He popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.