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Every child is born blessed with a vivid imagination. But just as a muscle grows flabby with disuse, so the bright imagination of a child pales in later years if he ceases to exercise it.

— Walt Disney EPCOT promotional film (1966)

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All we ever intended for him or expected of him was that he should continue to make people everywhere chuckle with him and at him.

All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them.

EPCOT promotional film (1966)

Courage is the main quality of leadership, in my opinion, no matter where it is exercised. Usually it implies some risk — especially in new undertakings.

The Magic of Teamwork (1997)

Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.

EPCOT promotional film (1966)

Somehow, I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true.

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Nothing is more dangerous to reason than the flights of the imagination, and nothing has been the occasion of more mistakes among philosophers.

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