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I never got tired of Tom and Jerry, but I did have a dream of doing more with my life than making cartoons.
Joseph Barbera
Life
Dream
Cartoons
I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.
Joseph Barbera
Time
Being
I first pitched the idea of doing a series of cartoons based on Bible stories. They didn't much like it.
Joseph Barbera
Idea
Bible
Cartoons
First
I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive.
Joseph Barbera
Car
Fishing
Hate
Want
I have spent a lot of years on the outside looking in.
Joseph Barbera
Years
I don't know anyone who enjoys going to the hospital. To help remedy this, I got an idea to create what a Laugh Room in the pediatric ward of hospitals.
Joseph Barbera
Idea
Help
Hospitals
I learned long ago to accept the fact that not everything I create will see the light of day.
Joseph Barbera
Day
Fact
Light
Will
Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth.
Joseph Barbera
Choice
I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me.
Joseph Barbera
Thought
Old
Years
I hope we don't get to the point where we have to have the cat stop chasing the mouse to teach him glassblowing and basket weaving.
Joseph Barbera
Hope
Mouse
I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family.
Joseph Barbera
Age
Family
Idea
Friends don't necessarily made good business or creative partners.
Joseph Barbera
Business
Friends
Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.
Joseph Barbera
Rejection
Rules
Bill Hanna and I owe an awful lot to television, but we both got our start and built the first phase of our partnership in the movies.
Joseph Barbera
Movies
First
Partnership
Television
Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years.
Joseph Barbera
Years