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Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so there will be several of them.
Jim Henson
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Jim Henson
Age: 53 †
Born: 1936
Born: September 24
Died: 1990
Died: May 16
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James Maury Henson
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Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage scenery, and then at the University of Maryland I was doing posters for their productions.
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(Lisa Henson about her father) He admired the job of the man who walks along the road picking up trash with a long stick. He thought that guy had a great job, walking along with a stick, enjoying the road, and doing only good in the world, with hundreds of small actions.
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If you take a character and you call him a frog, or like Rowlf, our dog, call him a dog, you immediately give the audience a handle.
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I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.
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I guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone. I promised me.
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Take what you got and fly with it.
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If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.
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Who said that every wish would be heard and answered when wished on an evening star? Somebody thought of it and someone believed it, and look what its done so far.
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I don't know exactly where ideas come from, but when I'm working well ideas just appear. I've heard other people say similar things - so it's one of the ways I know there's help and guidance out there. It's just a matter of our figuring out how to receive the ideas or information that are waiting to be heard.
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Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling.
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The attitude you have as a parent is what your kids will learn from more than what you tell them. They don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.
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[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.
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We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that' s what we're intending to do with Fraggle Rock, and we are indeed now selling it around the world.
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Follow your enthusiasm. It's something I've always believed in. Find those parts of your life you enjoy the most. Do what you enjoy doing.
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I believe that life is basically a process of growth-that we go through many lives, choosing those situations and problems that we will learn through.
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All of a sudden you realise that you are the person who has control of your life.
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We see with our eyes. We know with our hearts. Outside...Inside.
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Do the jobs you like least first. It makes each successive job easier.
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If our 'message' is anything, it's a positive approach to life. That life is basically good. People are basically good.
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