We’re highly social animals – I’m told by scientists that what makes us different from other animals is an acute social awareness, which is what has made us so successful.
ALAN ALDAOriginality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe – you can’t take a taxi.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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All these things you expect meaning to come from, and sometimes it comes when you’re not expecting it.
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Be brave enough to live creatively.
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It tends to break out at unexpected times like a rare virus and mostly people with compassion and understanding are susceptible to it.
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Our lives depend on good communication. Good communication helps personal relationships, it helps bosses and employees get along better. We rely on it.
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Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself.
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If I can’t get the girl, at least give me more money.
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Musicals are hard for me because I got thrown out of the glee club in high school, because I couldn’t sing in tune at the time.
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I guess in a world uncomfortable with uncertainty, an unbeliever must be an atheist, and possibly an infidel.
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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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I was a child, and my mother was psychotic. She loved me, but I didn’t really feel I had a mother. And when you live with somebody who is paranoid and thinks you’re trying to kill them all the time, you tend to feel a little betrayed.
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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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Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don’t leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.
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Life is great-I wouldn’t know what I’d do without it.
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Loneliness is everything it’s cracked up to be.
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Here’s my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they’re fair with you.
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