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“I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the senior level let him interfere too much. So criticism from him I kind of wear as a badge of honor.”
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“[John Coltrane] liked my qualities as a person and that's the reason why he let me play with him. It wasn't what I was doing musically or my instrument or anything like that. He let me play whatever I wanted to play.”
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“Don't be like me. Look at me: monogamous, in shape, no debt, sober... I'm dead inside.”
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“As a theatrical troupe, the Muppets haven't exactly been AWOL these past dozen years; the gang rocked YouTube in 2009 with their kick-ass rendition of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' But they've certainly been lying low while our twitchy, tweet-y times have favored snarkier, more air-quote-driven entertainment, even from puppets. And in a way, that showbiz hiatus has worked in favor of The Muppets. For adults, the movie's gentle, clever, unironic humor feels freshly, trendily retro now, enhanced by laughs provided in cameos from a very up-to-date roster of stars.”
Source : "The Muppets" by Lisa Schwarzbaum, ew.com. November 30, 2011. 
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“You get diarrhea out here, you dehydrate from the inside out - you leave the gene pool.”
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“If drink sales are falling off, we get the pilots to engineer a bit of turbulence. That usually spikes sales.”
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“Musicians must make music, artists must paint, poets must write if they are to be ultimately at peace with themselves. What human beings can be, they must be. They must be true to their own nature. This need we may call self-actualization.”
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“The voice of every kid hooked on drugs, alcohol or the occult joins the sad chorus "Not me! I didn't think it could ever happen to me. I was sure I could handle it.”
Source : Beatrice Sparks (1990). “Jay's Journal”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
