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Leadership Means That A Group, Large Or Small, Is Willing To Entrust Authority To A Person Who Has Shown Judgement, Wisdom, Personal Appeal, And Proven Competence.

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People Still Think Of Me As A Cartoonist, But The Only Thing I Lift A Pen Or Pencil For These Days Is To Sign A Contract, A Check, Or An Autograph.

That's The Real Trouble With The World, Too Many People Grow Up.

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I Am A Patient Listener, But Opinionated To The Point Of Stubbornness When My Mind Is Made Up.

I Am In No Sense Of The Word A Great Artist, Not Even A Great Animator; I Have Always Had Men Working For Me Whose Skills Were Greater Than My Own. I Am An Idea Man.

I Have Long Felt That The Way To Keep Children Out Of Trouble Is To Keep Them Interested In Things. Lecturing To Children Is No Answer To Delinquency. Preaching Won't Keep Youngsters Out Of Trouble, But Keeping Their Minds Occupied Will.

We Like To Have A Point Of View In Our Stories, Not An Obvious Moral, But A Worthwhile Theme. ... All We Are Trying To Do Is Give The Public Good Entertainment. That Is All They Want.

I Believe That Laughter Is Our Greatest Export

All Cartoon Characters And Fables Must Be Exaggeration, Caricatures. It Is The Very Nature Of Fantasy And Fable.

Exaggeration Is

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It's Something That Will Never Be Finished. Something That I Can Keep Developing...and Adding To.

Animation Is Different From Other Parts. Its Language Is The Language Of Caricature.

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I Have No Use For People Who Throw Their Weight Around As Celebrities, Or For Those Who Fawn Over You Just Because You Are Famous.

I Think What I Want Disneyland To Be Most Of All Is A Happy Place - A Place Where Adults And Children Can Experience Together Some Of The Wonders Of Life, Of Adventure, And Feel Better Because Of It.

Anything That Has The Disney Name To It Is Something We Feel Responsible For.

I Love The Nostalgic Myself. I Hope We Never Lose Some Of The Things Of The Past.

I'm Just Corny Enough To Like To Have A Story Hit Me Over The Heart.

The Most Important Thing Is Family.

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Faith. Trust. And Pixie Dust.

Well I Come From A Land, From A Far Away Place, Where The Caravan Camels Roam. They Will Cut Of Your Ear If They Don't Like Your Face, It's Babaric, But Hey, It's Home.

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I Don't Pretend To Know Anything About Art. I Make Pictures For Entertainment, And Then The Professors Tell Me What They Mean.

I Do Not Make Films Primarily For Children. I Make Them For The Child In All Of Us, Whether We Be Six Or Sixty.

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It's Kind Of Fun To Do The Impossible.

Laughter Is America's Most Important Export.

I Could Never Convince The Financiers That Disneyland Was Feasible, Because Dreams Offer Too Little Collateral.

Leadership Shows Judgment, Wisdom, Personal Appeal And Proven Competence.

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I Don't Like Formal Gardens. I Like Wild Nature. It's Just The Wilderness Instinct In Me, I Guess.

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