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People Often Ask Me If I Know The Secret Of Success And If I Could Tell Others How To Make Their Dreams Come True. My Answer Is, You Do It By Working.

-Walt Disney

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People Often Ask Me

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People Often Ask Me If I Know The Secret Of Success And If I Could Tell Others How To Make Their Dreams Come True. My Answer Is, You Do It By Working.

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First, Think. Second, Believe. Third, Dream.and Finally, Dream.

She Believed In Dreams, All Right, But She Also Believed In Doing Something About Them. When Prince Charming Didn't Come Along, She Went Over To The Palace And Got Him.

I Have Never Been Interested In Personal Gain Or Profit. This Business And This Studio Have Been My Entire Life.

It's Kind Of Fun To Do The Impossible.

If We Didn't Have Deadlines, We'd Stagnate.

Disneyland Is Something That Will Never Be Finished. It's Something That I Can Keep Developing. It Will Be A Live, Breathing Thing That Will Need Change. A Picture Is A Thing, Once You Wrap It Up And Turn It Over To Technicolor, You're Through. Snow White Is A Dead Issue With Me. But I Can Change The Park, Because It's Alive.

Main Street, U.s.a. Is America At The Turn Of The Century--the Crossroads Of An Era. The Gas Lamps And The Electric Lamp--the Horse-drawn Car And Auto Car. Main Street Is Everyone's Hometown- The Heart Line Of America.

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

There Is A Natural Hootchy-kootchy Motion To A Goldfish.

We Believed In Our Idea - A Family Park Where Parents And Children Could Have Fun- Together.

Disneyland Is The Star, Everything Else Is In The Supporting Role.

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All The Adversity I've Had In My Life, All My Troubles And Obstacles, Have Strengthened Me... You May Not Realize It When It Happens, But A Kick In The Teeth May Be The Best Thing In The World For You.

If I Can't Find A Theme, I Can't Make A Film Anyone Else Will Feel. I Can't Laugh At Intellectual Humor. I'm Just Corny Enough To Like To Have A Story Hit Me Over The Heart.

Here Is The World Of Imagination, Hopes, And Dreams. In This Timeless Land Of Enchantment, The Age Of Chivalry, Magic And Make-believe Are Reborn - And Fairy Tales Come True. Fantasyland Is Dedicated To The Young-in-heart, To Those Who That When You Wish Upon A Star, Your Dreams Come True.

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For Every Laugh, There Should Be A Tear.

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