Walt Quotes - Page 3

• I went through a very hairy period. I had a movie where I was going to play Walt Whitman that fell through. At the time, I had grown this huge beard and very long hair. But then, the movie got canceled, I had some other parts, and I currently have very short hair. So, when I look in the mirror, I don't know who I am exactly. It's interesting.

  Jeff Bridges

  Mirrors, Hair, Who I Am

  Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. August 21, 2016.

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• If you're going to get up to Walt Whitman and Robert Frost and Langston Hughes and Sylvia Plath you've got to figure out how you put people in possession of their heritage. To do that you have to talk about how they're being taught, and the imagination of community the people who are running our government have.

  Robert Hass

  Running, Government, Imagination

  Interview with Sarah Pollock, www.motherjones.com. March/April, 1997.

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• I think Walt Whitman went to the help wanted section and found a squib that said "Wanted: National Poet." And he was innocent enough to believe there really was such a job. And if he could just write a poem that incorporated everything he felt and suspected and hoped for from America that he would have the position.

  Allan Gurganus

  Jobs, Believe, Writing

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• Walt Shaub is a dedicated public servant, has come up through the ranks under both Democrats and Republicans.

  Reince Priebus

  Republican, Come Up, Dedicated

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Walt Disney was a great believer in the use of song to convey story. He was primarily a storyman & story-driven songs were his 'pets.' He always asked what was going on with the song - he hated 'singing heads.' He loved learning about character & motivation thru music & lyrics.

  Richard Sherman

  Song, Motivation, Character

  "Richard Sherman Talks The AristoCats". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. February 5, 2008.

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• I've always loved animation it's the reason why I do what I do for a living - the films of Walt Disney. This art form is so spectacular and beautiful. And I never quite understood the feeling amongst animation studios that audiences today only wanted to see computer animation. It's never about the medium that a film is made in, it's about the story. It's about how good the movie is.

  John Lasseter

  Beautiful, Art, Feelings

  "John Lasseter Returns to Hand Drawn Animation with The Princess and the Frog". Interview with B. Alan Orange, www.movieweb.com. March 13, 2010.

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• There are many ways to study Walt Disney, but I think learning about Walt as a leader probably has had the biggest impact on me.

  Pat Williams

  Thinking, Impact, Leader

  Source: nerdreactor.com

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• I really love poetry. I'm a big E.E. Cummings fan and a big Walt Whitman fan, and I have a big book of poetry.

  Mae Whitman

  Book, Fans, Love Poetry

  "Mae Whitman Interview PARENTHOOD and SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 12, 2010.

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• I loved The Wind in the Willows. ... Walt Disney should be sued for cheapening it as he did. Imagine it, Mickey Mousing all those nice characters. I'm surprised he didn't do it with the New Testament.

  Tasha Tudor

  Movie, Nice, Character

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• So who's perfect? ... Washington had false teeth. Franklin was nearsighted. Mussolini had syphilis. Unpleasant things have been said about Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. Tchaikovsky had his problems, too. And Lincoln was constipated.

  John O'Hara

  Tchaikovsky, Perfect, Syphilis

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• I don't know about that. I'm not a very analytical person. I have various impulses. I've often quoted Walt Whitman's phrase "I contain multitudes." I understand that.

  Patti Smith

  Phrases, Impulse, Multitudes

  Source: www.spin.com

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• Walt Whitman, he who laid end to end words never seen in each other's company before outside of a dictionary.

  David Lodge

  Ends, Company, Dictionary

  'Changing Places' (1975) ch. 5

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• Walt Kelly was much more interested in allegory and politics, and I'm much more interested in metaphors and myth.

  Jeff Smith

  Metaphor, Myth, Allegory

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• Well, just to dispel all the myths, Walt [Disney] was not anti-Semitic. He was not racist in any way, shape, or form. He was not frozen when his life ended. He's not in some frozen vault right now waiting to make a big comeback.

  Pat Williams

  Waiting, Racist, Frozen

  Source: nerdreactor.com

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• When you think about Walt [Disney]'s life, I don't know of anybody on Earth over the last hundred years who has touched as many people as he did. He's touched every nation on Earth.

  Pat Williams

  Thinking, Years, People

  Source: nerdreactor.com

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• Walt Shaub is a true ethics hero for speaking out.

  Reince Priebus

  Hero, Ethics, Speaking Out

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• While it was occasionally done here or there, nobody else had a figurehead like Walt doing it. Jack Warner wasn't on TV. Walt was the boss, but he had a real public profile and he used it to his advantage. And he became a household face.

  Leonard Maltin

  Real, Boss, Done

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• There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman as a weight and a sampler, not an Ezra, a Walt, a thing of beauty, a joy forever.

  Anna Quindlen

  Beauty, Thinking, Joy

  Anna Quindlen (2004). “Loud and Clear”, p.173, Random House

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• The history of our times calls to mind those Walt Disney characters who rush madly over the edge of a cliff without seeing it, so that the power of their imagination keeps them suspended in mid-air; but as soon as they look down and see where they are, they fall.

  Raoul Vaneigem

  Fall, Character, Air

  Guy Debord, Ivan Chtcheglov, Asger Jorn, Raoul Vaneigem, Mustapha Khayati (2014). “Situationism: A Compendium”, p.96, Bread and Circuses Publishing

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• There were no jewelry hidden. Walt wanted this atmosphere: They were supposed to live here, they've been outside somewhere, but they could come back at any minute and catch us.

  John Hench

  Artist, Atmosphere, Jewelry

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• Walt Disney World is tribute to the philosophy and life of Walter Elias Disney... and to the talents, the dedication, and the loyalty of the entire Disney organization that made Walt Disney's dream come true. May Walt Disney World bring Joy and Inspiration and New Knowledge to all who come to this happy place... a Magic Kingdom where the young at heart of all ages can laugh and play and learn -- together.

  Roy O. Disney

  Loyalty, Dream, Philosophy

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• The death of Walt Disney is a loss to all the people of the world. In everything he did, Walt had an intuitive way of reaching out and touching the hearts and mind of young and old alike. His entertainment was an international language.
  For more than 40 years, people have looked to Walt Disney for the finest quality in family entertainment. There is no way to replace Walt Disney. He was an extraordinary man. Perhaps there will never be another like him… The world will always be a better place because Walt Disney was its master showman.

  Roy O. Disney

  Heart, Loss, Men

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• As Walt Whitman correctly surmised, we are large and we harbour multitudes within us. And those multitudes are locked in chronic battle. There is an ongoing conversation among the different factions in your brain, each competing to control the single output channel of your behaviour.

  Damian Thompson

  Brain, Battle, Different

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• Walt Disney got away with portraying me in the light that they were portraying me in. I have always been a fighter, so... But I have no regrets, man. It's just like God brought me through the drugs, I know he'll bring me through this.

  Ike Turner

  Regret, Men, Light

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• I blame Walt Disney; well he has to find voice actors better than me somehow doesn't he?

  Zach Braff

  Voice, Actors, Blame

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