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I don't want'a die... I have other plans!

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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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Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage scenery, and then at the University of Maryland I was doing posters for their productions.
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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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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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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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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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There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.
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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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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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I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends. We're all good friends.
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The beauty of nature has been one of the great inspirations in my life.
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Television is basically teaching whether you want it to or not.
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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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Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it.
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I guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone. I promised me.
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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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My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.
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We see with our eyes. We know with our hearts. Outside...Inside.
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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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It all ends in one of two ways: either someone gets eaten or something blows up.
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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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