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Take what you got and fly with it.

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
Screenwriter
Television Director
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Greenville
Mississippi
James Maury Henson
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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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No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style.
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There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.
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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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I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends. We're all good friends.
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[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.
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Do everything at 100 percent of its potential and never accept second best.
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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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I hope that something better comes along.
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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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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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Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child you have stolen, for my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom as great. You have no power over me!
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Do the jobs you like least first. It makes each successive job easier.
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I don't want'a die... I have other plans!
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