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Do the jobs you like least first. It makes each successive job easier.

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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Film Director
Film Producer
Puppeteer
Screenwriter
Television Director
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Greenville
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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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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 don't want'a die... I have other plans!
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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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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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Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling.
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I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.
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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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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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[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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My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.
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A film is not done by one person. It's done by a lot of people. I love this whole collaborative aspect. When it works well, you end up with something better than any of us started out to do.
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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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I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends. We're all good friends.
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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 guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone. I promised me.
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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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Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it.
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Cara: *Flies* Gen: What? I don't have wings! Cara: Ofcourse not! You're a boy.
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