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![“[John Musker] got me reading the mythology and we very early on we worked up a basic storyline centered around the character of Maui. He just seemed like a great character to kind of build a movie around. He's this mythic demi-god, bigger than life character. He pulled up islands with his magical…” quote by Ron Clements](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/38b/ron-clements-54148_bigger_john-musker-got-me-reading-the-mythology_145840.jpg)
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