Jim Henson
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"James Maury" ""Jim"" "Henson" was an American puppeteer, artist, cartoonist, invention/inventor, screenwriter, actor, film director and producer. Born in Greenville, Mississippi and raised in Leland, Mississippi and Hyattsville, Maryland, he began developing puppets while attending high school. While he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, he created Sam and Friends, a five-minute sketch-comedy puppet show that appeared on television. After graduating from the University of Maryland, with a degree in home economics, he produced coffee advertisements and developed experimental films. Feeling the need for more creative output, Henson founded Muppets, Inc., which would later become The Jim Henson Company, in 1958.

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The most profound effect on children of any entertainer of his time.

When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope still is to leave the world a little bit better for my having been here. It's a wonderful life and I love it.

My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.

When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.

This is a great win. That's a Division I school that has three wins we just beat. There's a lot of pride. Our kids played their butts off.

Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It's like a conspiracy.

Let us use this log cabin as a means of looking back.

We really have a lot of ambitions for this film.

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