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Jim Henson

"It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird in England is much more gorgeous."

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"It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird in England is much more gorgeous."

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Amber Hurdle

"Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent."

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"I grew up in the early '70s in New England."

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"They'll always be an England, even if it's in Hollywood."

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Amber Hurdle

"I was born in Middlesex, England, which is really London."

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"If only Vivien Leigh had stayed in England, that part would have been mine."

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"I think England has served me very well. I like living in London for the reasons I gave. I have absolutely no intentions of cutting those ties. There is absolutely no reason to do so. Certainly not, so that I can have a swimming pool and a palm tree."

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Amber Hurdle

"I had a place in England and was commuting from England to Australia, which is pretty stupid, but after two years I sort of knew what I wanted to do, more or less."

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Amber Hurdle

"When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter."

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Amber Hurdle

"Land, in England, is valuable, because we have highly-paid artisans to consume the produce on the spot."

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"Fortunately for England, all her imports are raw materials."

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