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We started off with this fairly grand concept of, if you were to tackle it at a children's level, eliminating war. What would you do?

— Jim Henson Interview with Associated Press (1987)

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As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.

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Interview with Associated Press (1987)

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Interview with Associated Press (1986)

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