Walt Disney Quotes
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We're not trying to entertain the critics ... I'll take my chances with the public.
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I think a good study of music would be indispensable to the animators - a realization on their part of how primitive music is, how natural it is for people to want to go to music - a study of rhythm, the dance - the various rhythms enter into our lives every day.
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Disneyland would be a world of Americans, past and present, seen through the eyes of my imagination--a place of warmth and nostalgia, of illusion and color and delight.
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As the original 'Mary Poppins' budget of five million dollars continued to grow, I never saw a sad face around the entire Studio. And this made me nervous. I knew the picture would have to gross 10 million dollars for us to break even. But still there was no negative head-shaking. No prophets of doom. Even Roy was happy. He didn't even ask me to show the unfinished picture to a banker. The horrible thought struck me - suppose the staff had finally conceded that I knew what I was doing.
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All you've got to do is own up to your ignorance honestly, and you'll find people who are eager to fill your head with information.
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There are fashions in reading, even in thinking. You don't have to follow them unless you want to. On the other hand, watch out. Don't stick too closely to your favorite subject. That would keep you from adventuring into other fields. It's silly to build a wall around your interests.
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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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I have long felt that the way to keep children out of trouble is to keep them interested in things.
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Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long.
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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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Think beyond your lifetime if you want to accomplish something truly worthwhile.
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Money doesn't excite me - my ideas excite me.
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We dance, we kiss, we schmooze, we carry on, we go home happy. What do you say? Come on.
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If it can be dreamed, it can be done.
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Today we are shapers of the world of tomorrow.
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I don't know if it's art, but I know I like it.
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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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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.
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I believe that laughter is our greatest export.
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Without such inspiration, we would rapidly deteriorate and finally perish.
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I believe in being an innovator.
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Even miracles take a little time.
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I am in no sense of the word a great artist, not even a great animator; I have always had men working for me whose skills were greater than my own. I am an idea man.
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That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up.