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Do everything at 100 percent of its potential and never accept second best.
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 Producer
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Television Director
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Greenville
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James Maury Henson
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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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Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling.
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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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There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.
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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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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.
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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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[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.
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I guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone. I promised me.
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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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We see with our eyes. We know with our hearts. Outside...Inside.
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