"If you want to make your children brilliant, tell them fairy tales. If you want to make them more brilliant, tell them more fairy tales."
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"Idle man, chases after fairy tales."
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"Actually everybody has a story, a fairy tale in their heart that they adhere to."
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"We're all just big kids. That's all we are. We are artistes. We grew up wanting to be part of the fantasy of the fairy tales and the stories."
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"I have to believe in fairy tales and I have to believe in love."
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"And our lady friend, she thinks life works like a fairy tale.' Well, that’s harmless, isn’t it?' Yeah, but in fairy tales, when someone dies... it’s just a word."
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"All great novels are great fairy tales."
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"You once told me that I make you believe in the impossible. You make me believe in love, which I’d given up on. Thank you for proving to me it’s not just a fairy tale."
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"It is good for children to find themselves facing the elements of a fairy tale - they are well-equipped to deal with these"
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"The great thing about fairy tales and myths is that they go beyond character. They're not about character. They're about more basic things. They're about basic fears or longings or desires or fantasies, and stuff like that."
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"As a self-respecting dude, I'd never believed in fairy tales, but in that moment, I did. I'd found my angel to live happily-ever-after with."
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"I am concerned with a certain way of looking at life, which was created in me by the fairy tales, but has since been meekly ratified by the mere facts."
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"I'm not sure if it's fair to call it a "fairy tale," but I really loved Mulan, the Disney film. It was my favorite. I guess it's not really a fairy tale, but you do get Eddie Murphy as a dragon."
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"I want to be the best mum and I want everything to be perfect - I want a fairy tale really."
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