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"I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy in entertaining."
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"Life is too big for small dreams."

"Life is miraculous and love is the miracle."

"Life is not waiting for you. This moment is your life, so love it, live it, and enjoy it."

"Life itself is the journey of the mind toward the unknown infinite wilderness. Get lost."

"O for a Muse of fire, that would ascendThe brightest heaven of invention!"

"Life is not measured by the money we earn but by the love that we give away."

"There is so much power in choosing to love yourself against all odds and I hope with every kind of painful experience you become more aware who you are and what you are truly capable of. Life hurts but it's also remarkabley beautiful if you look past the chaos."

"Treasures are not found where many feet have trampled. They are found along the paths that no one else has taken...yet."

"Life will be perfect if your expectations and responses to events are humble and perfect."

"Life is what you think about it."
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"In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family."

"Every single Pixar film, at one time or another, has been the worst movie ever put on film. But we know. We trust our process. We don't get scared and say, 'Oh, no, this film isn't working.'"

"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."

"Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking."

"If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you as you drive and listen? No, it's the storytelling. That's why we put so much importance on story. No amount of great animation will save a bad story."

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

"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 love movies that make me cry, because they're tapping into a real emotion in me, and I always think afterwards: how did they do that?"

"Walt Disney had always tried to get more dimension in his animation and when I saw these tapes, I thought, This is it! This is what Walt was waiting for! But when I looked around, nobody at the studio at the time was even halfway interested in it."
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