Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
ALAN ALDAI’ve never tried to manipulate my image.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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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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When I’m writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer.
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A really great actor, in a lucky performance, can transform himself or herself. I’ve seen actors do that.
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Don’t ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don’t doubt yourself.
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Jean Paul Sartre says in “No Exit” that hell is other people. Well, our task in life is to make it heaven. Or at least earth.
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When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing one another.
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I’m in the real world, some people try to steal from me, and I stop them, frequently, take them to court. I love a good lawsuit. It’s fun.
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When I studied how to think in school, I was taught that the first rule of logic was that a thing cannot both be and not be at the same time and in the same respect.
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I don’t talk about my beliefs too much in public probably because I feel very strongly that it’s something personal – more than personal, it’s private.
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Be brave enough to live creatively . . . what you’ll discover will be wonderful: yourself.
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Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.
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Begin challenging your own assumptions.
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The other one, and probably an equal pleasure, is finding out how I can be helpful and then really being helpful.
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Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
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Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself.
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