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No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

Alan Alda

There are two things that I get a lot of pleasure from in my life, and that is, doing what I know how to do well – that really makes me happy.
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Happy Life Make Pleasure Really Thing Well
Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
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Being Change Listen Other Person
For a while in my teens, I was sure I had it. It was about getting to heaven. If heaven existed and lasted forever, then a mere lifetime spent scrupulously following orders was a small investment for an infinite payoff.
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Get Investment Live Mean Scrupulously Small Spent Sure Teen
Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
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Change Listen Other Person Real Willingness
Don’t ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don’t doubt yourself.
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Aim Doubt Laugh Yourself
How can I ever hope to communicate something to you unless I get signals back from you that I’m on the right track or that I’ve started at some place that you’re familiar with?
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Back Communicate Familiar Home Right Signal Something Start Track
What works for me is working out when it’s useful to use that anger.
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Anger Use Useful Work
I’m greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn’t do it, that somehow I can deliver.
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Afraid Deliver Greedy Hard Know Satisfied Someone Something
They wont all lie to you but a lot of them will. And itll be the easiest lie they ever had to tell to get your votes.
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Easy Ever Had Lie Lot Tell Them Till Vote
All these things you expect meaning to come from, and sometimes it comes when you’re not expecting it.
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All Thing Come Expect Meaning Sometimes
I have thought about punching people out. Sometimes, I’ve thought, ‘Why don’t I just act on that impulse?’ But then, I’ve never hit anybody in anger. Hey! I’ve never hit anybody for fun.
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Act Impulse Nobody People Punch Something
If you know what you’re looking for, that’s all you’ll get – what’s previously known. But when you’re open to what’s possible, you get something new – that’s creativity.
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Creative Know Look New Possible Previous Something
I wouldn’t live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.
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All Country Make Sterile Sun
After a while I started to think of that as an image of something that went a lot deeper than the dead dog, which is you can’t bring back anything to life.
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Anything Back Bring Dead Deeper Dog Image Something Start Think
Republicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone – they just don’t do it.
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Anymore Capable Come Country Great Idea Republican
What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing.
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Act Actor Always Want Get Good Seen So

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

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No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

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