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[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.
Jim Henson
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Jim Henson
Age: 53 †
Born: 1936
Born: September 24
Died: 1990
Died: May 16
Actor
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James Maury Henson
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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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Only time can heal your broken heart. Just as only time can heal his broken arms and legs.
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The beauty of nature has been one of the great inspirations in my life.
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It all ends in one of two ways: either someone gets eaten or something blows up.
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