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We see with our eyes. We know with our hearts. Outside...Inside.

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Jim Henson
Age: 53 †
Born: 1936
Born: September 24
Died: 1990
Died: May 16
Actor
Animator
Film Director
Film Producer
Puppeteer
Screenwriter
Television Director
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Greenville
Mississippi
James Maury Henson
Outside
Inside
Eyes
Eye
Heart
Hearts

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Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling.
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There was a little afternoon show that was called Afternoon. Back in those days in television, most local stations had a midday show for housewives that had a series of things. It was like a variety show for midday.
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NBC was trying to convert all of their local programming to color right away to encourage the sale of the sets, so I barely remember working in black and white, although I do know that I did do it, but there was not a major difference, though.
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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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Take what you got and fly with it.
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Watch out for each other. Love everyone and forgive everyone, including yourself. Forgive your anger. Forgive your guilt. Your shame. Your sadness. Embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially your heart.
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I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends. We're all good friends.
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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.
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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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[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.
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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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When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the need these days are for some quality children's programming.
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It all ends in one of two ways: either someone gets eaten or something blows up.
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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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Television is basically teaching whether you want it to or not.
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There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.
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No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style.
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The beauty of nature has been one of the great inspirations in my life.
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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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