When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.
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Aphorisms by Walt Disney (Walter Elias Disney)
Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource: the minds of our children.
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The era we are living in today is a dream of coming true.
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The life and ventures of Mickey Mouse have been closely bound up with my own personal and professional life. It is understandable that I should have sentimental attachment for the little personage who played so big a part in the course of Disney Productions and has been so happily accepted as an amusing friend wherever films are shown around the world. He still speaks for me and I still speak for him.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Cinema)
Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.
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We did it (Disneyland), in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster, closed and forgotten within the first year.
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All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.
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I believe in being a modivator.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Art)
Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.
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In learning the art of storytelling by animation, I have discovered that language has an anatomy. Every spoken word, whether uttered by a living person or by a cartoon character, has its facial grimace, emphasizing the meaning.
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