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Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling.
Jim Henson
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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
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Television Director
Television Producer
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Greenville
Mississippi
James Maury Henson
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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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[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.
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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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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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My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.
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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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Do everything at 100 percent of its potential and never accept second best.
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Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it.
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Music is an essential part of everything we do. Like puppetry, music has an abstract quality which speaks to a worldwide audience in a wonderful way that nourishes the soul.
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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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I hope that something better comes along.
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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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Cara: *Flies* Gen: What? I don't have wings! Cara: Ofcourse not! You're a boy.
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I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.
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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 anything, there's a difference in working with color in England and the color in the US.
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