Walter Elias Disney (b. Chicago , Illinois , December 5 of 1901 – f. Burbank , California , December 15 of 1966 ), was a producer, director, screenwriter and animator U.S. . He was the founder, along with his brother Roy O. Disney , of The Walt Disney Company , company that generates annual revenues of 30,000 million dollars, and the chief architect of a unique style of cartoons.
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“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.”
– Walt Disney
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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.”
– Walt Disney
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“Biggest Problem? Well, I’d say it’s been my biggest problem all my life. Money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true. From the very start it was a problem. Getting the money to open Disneyland. About seven million it took. And we had everything mortgaged including my personal insurance.”
– Walt Disney
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I could never convince the financiers that Disneyland was feasible because dreams offer too little collateral.
– Walt Disney
Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children.
– Walt Disney
Did you know?
It seems rather strange that his biggest money spinner was Mickey Mouse and yet Walt Disney was afraid of mice in real life.
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18th November 1928 – The first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon premiered in New York. It was Walt Disney’s “Steamboat Willie,” starring Mickey Mouse.
The film was in black and white and considered the debut of Mickey.