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"I read some, and then visited with people involved in this curious, exciting and somewhat misunderstood sub-culture. I met with a fang maker, who offered to fit me for an exquisite pair."

"There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies."

"Now how many people in their heart of hearts in that community want to see the demise of this country? How many would cheer, not out loud maybe, but in their heart when things like 9/11 occur and I'll tell you; it's a majority among them."

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second."

"The important thing is this Just because I'm doing well doesn't mean that they're going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere."

"People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask you, if the water mains didn't break, would it be my responsibility to fix them then?"
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"We make the kind of movies we like to watch. I love to laugh. I love to be amazed by how beautiful it is. But I also love to be moved to tears. There's lots of heart in our films."

"I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives."

"I quickly realized that this medium had a lot to offer someone like me. To do Disney-quality hand-drawn cartoons, you have to be a master of two art forms. Seriously, you have to be able to draw like a Leonardo da Vinci or a Michelangelo. But also you have to know movement and timing and control that through 24 frames a second."

"I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy in entertaining."

"Animation is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my whole life. I have no desire for live-action or anything else."

"Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium."

"I realized that people make cartoons for a living. It had never dawned on me that you could do this as a career."

"There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them."

"Animation is the one type of movie that really does play for the entire audience. Our challenge is to make stories that connect for kids and adults."
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