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Leadership means that a group, large or small, is willing to entrust authority to a person who has shown judgement, wisdom, personal appeal, and proven competence.
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I believe that laughter is our greatest export.
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We grew to our present size almost against ourselves. It was not a deliberately planned commercial venture in the sense that I sat down and said that we were going to make ourselves into a huge financial octopus. We evolved by necessity. We did not sit down and say to ourselves, 'How can we make a big pile of dough?' It just happened.
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I believe in being a motivator.
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It's a mistake not to give people a chance to learn to depend on themselves while they are young.
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Behind every great amusement park is a great fan site.
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I believe in being an innovator.
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It is a curious thing that the more the world shrinks because of electronic communications, the more limitless becomes the province of the storytelling entertainer.
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Being a celebrity doesn't even seem to keep the fleas off our dogs — and if being a celebrity won't give me an advantage over a couple of fleas, then I guess there can't be much in being a celebrity after all.
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Money doesn't excite me - my ideas excite me.
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If it can be dreamed, it can be done.
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That's what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.
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Everything that matters to we can work out as expected, in the event that we have the strength to seek after them.
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It seems to me shallow and arrogant for any man in these times to claim he is completely self-made, that he owes all his success to his own unaided efforts. Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.
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Without such inspiration, we would rapidly deteriorate and finally perish.
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If I haven't thought about six impossible things before breakfast, I consider the day wasted.
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Think beyond your lifetime if you want to accomplish something truly worthwhile.
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Faith I have, in myself, in humanity, in the worthwhileness of the pursuits in entertainment for the masses. But wide awake, not blind faith, moves me. My operations are based on experience, thoughtful observation and warm fellowship with my neighbors at home and around the world.
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Most of my life I have done what I wanted to do. I have had fun on the job.
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To some people, I am kind of a Merlin who takes lots of crazy chances, but rarely makes mistakes. I've made some bad ones, but fortunately, the successes have come along fast enough to cover up the mistakes. When you go to bat as many times as I do, and continually improve upon your mistakes, you're bound to get a good average.