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I've always thought that science fiction films set in our world have always rung false.

— Jim Henson Interview about The Dark Crystal (1982)

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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.

When you trick people into laughing at themselves, that's wit. If you don't laugh at yourself, everything becomes heavy.

Interview with The Boston Globe (1989)

A lot of the shows relate to interrelationships and attitudes, again, always trying to do it within the context of a very entertaining show.

Interview with Associated Press (1987)

Puppets have the same sort of graceful aging that cartoon characters have.

Interview with Associated Press (1986)

If any-thing, there's a difference in working with color in England and the color in the U.S.

Interview with Judy Harris (1982)

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)

Science and religion are two human enterprises sharing many features.

Freeman Dyson Infinite in All Directions (1988)

To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

Henri Poincaré Science and Hypothesis (1901)

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