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Jim Henson Quotes

When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with puppets or had any interest in them.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: entertainer
Nationality: american
Birth: September 24, 1936 - May 16, 1990

Topics

Never Kid Interest Show Saw Puppet

I sent people to the penitentiary as fast as I could, never thinking about whether they deserved it.

People Thinking Fast Never About

Most novels put out by small or corporate presses don't really sell that well - usually a thousand copies or so. Working with a small press, you have to be willing to book reading tours, plan events, make contacts with other small press authors, and find new ways of getting word about your new work out there.

Work Small Book Reading Plan You

I don't start fights, but sometimes I don't walk away from them. It hasn't happened in a long time, but it's happened, and I regret those times. I should have been more in control of myself, stronger, more adult.

Time Myself Walk Control Start Long

I think all things are political... How women are portrayed - that's a big thing for me. What is this role trying to say about women? Is this woman weak or victimised, and, if so, do we get to understand why?

Women Woman Me Think Political Say

We live in such a service-based, globalised economy where very few people actually make anything and the people who do make stuff... it's all part of a massive global supply chain. So what if all those chains were suddenly cut, how would you make something? How would you keep people alive? And that was something I wanted to explore.

Live People You Alive Chains

Parenthood is such a lesson in self-sacrifice.

Lesson Self-Sacrifice Parenthood

Such is the impurity of our enterprise, as writers or as critics, that even in the act of proclaiming our freedom from the demands of authenticity, we are never free from brandishing it.

Freedom Free Authenticity Never Act

In my heart, I really don't care who you love, same sex or not; as long as you have the ability to love, that's the important thing here.

Love Heart Care Long You Sex

One of the reasons why I think people have gone from reading mainstream newspapers to the Internet is because they realize they're being lied to.

People Reading Think Internet Why

I had aquariums of bullfrogs and mudpuppies. My poor mom had to deal with me incubating chicken eggs in my bedroom.

Me Mom Chicken Poor Bedroom Eggs

People are savvy enough to know that simply a threat of litigation is tantamount to a nice, hefty check.

People Enough Know Nice Check Savvy

The biggest lessons I learned were probably the times where I had the biggest setbacks and the biggest challenges - when I had the biggest jumps forward and lessons learned.

Challenges Forward Setbacks Where

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