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Republicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone – they just don’t do it.

Alan Alda

I’m in this wonderful position where I can do what interests me. And whatever comes along that interests me, I do. The rest of the time I bother scientists about communicating.
ALAN ALDA

Along Come Communication Interest Position Scientific Whatever Wonderful
The other one, and probably an equal pleasure, is finding out how I can be helpful and then really being helpful.
ALAN ALDA

Equal Helpful One Other Pleasure Probably
What then are doing if not creating a better place together? I think, for me the key has to be, what do I want to create? What is it I want to leave behind?
ALAN ALDA

Behind Better Create Do Leave Place Think Want
In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for ‘Scientific American Frontiers.’
ALAN ALDA

Blockage Country Film Frontier Intestinal Mountain Segment
I wouldn’t live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.
ALAN ALDA

All Country Make Sterile Sun
I had never really wanted to be famous. Everyone is supposed to want to be rich and famous, but as a boy I never knew what rich was, and the first view I had of famous made me leery.
ALAN ALDA

Everyone Famous First Leery Really Suppose View Want
Kids are natural scientists.
ALAN ALDA

Kid Natural Scientist
During the first day, curious at having outsiders among them, a long stream of inmates came over and talked with me.
ALAN ALDA

Curious Day First Inmate Long Outside Stream Take
War is war and Hell is hell, and if you ask me, War is a lot worse.
ALAN ALDA

Ask Hell Lot Me War Worse
I really don’t like plays or movies that service propaganda.
ALAN ALDA

Like Movie Play Propaganda Really Service
You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.
ALAN ALDA

City Comfort Go Intuition Leave Wilderness
It’s nice to have more time to work on the character, and to have big scenes to play. But if there’s something playable there, and if it’s interesting to do, then that’s nice.
ALAN ALDA

Big Character Interset More Nice Play Playable Scene Time Work
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
I’m very interested in the improvisation because one of the things I do is to help train scientists to communicate in a better way and more personal way when they’re making a presentation, and I use improvisation to do that.
ALAN ALDA

Better Communicate Improvisation Interest One Personal Presentation Scientist Thing Train Use Way
If you don’t listen deeply, the connection won’t take place.
ALAN ALDA

Connections Listening Waiting
When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing one another.
ALAN ALDA

Another General Kill Laugh One People

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