“I’m just very curious—got to find out what makes things tick—and I’ve always liked working with my hands; my father was a carpenter. I even apprenticed to my own machine shop here and learned the trade. Since my outlook and attitudes are ingrained throughout our organization, all our people have this curiosity; it keeps us …
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“There’s really no secret about our approach. We keep moving forward—opening up new doors and doing new things—because we’re curious. And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. We’re always exploring and experimenting. At WED, we call it Imagineering—the blending of creative imagination with technical know-how.” -Walt Disney
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“Many of these attractions will ‘come-to-life’ through Audio-Animatronics, our space-age electronic method of making inanimate things move on cue, hour after hour and show after show.” -Walt Disney
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“It’s just another dimension in the animation we have been doing all our life.” -Walt Disney
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“Well, in order to crack the field, I said, ‘I’ve got to get something a little unique,’ you see. Now they had the clown out of the inkwell who played with the live people. So I reversed it. I took the live person and put him into the cartoon field. I said, ’that’s a new …
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“Whatever we accomplish is due to the combined effort. . . In my organization there is respect for every individual, and we all have a keen respect for the public.” -Walt Disney
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“I don’t pose as an authority on anything at all. I follow the opinions of the ordinary people I meet, and I take pride in the close-knit teamwork with my organization.” -Walt Disney
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“Everything here at Disneyland and the Studio is a team effort.” -Walt Disney
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“My role? Well, you know I was stumped one day when a little boy asked, ‘Do you draw Mickey Mouse?’ I had to admit I do not draw anymore. ‘Then you think up all the jokes and ideas?’ ‘No,’ I said, ‘I don’t do that.’ Finally, he looked at me and said, ‘Mr. Disney, just …
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