Don’t be upset that it takes a long, long time to find wisdom because nobody knows where wisdom can be found.
ALAN ALDAEverybody’s on their toes and focused on what we’re about to do, and then there’s this moment where you relax because you see that everybody is there to do the best that they can.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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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.
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War is war and Hell is hell, and if you ask me, War is a lot worse.
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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.
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I’ve played a murderer, so certainly I think I can play a Republican.
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Kids are natural scientists.
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There’s plenty of money to be had. But you also lose your soul.
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People who laugh together generally don’t kill each other.
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I’m most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old.
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For me, I find that even though I’ve accomplished a few things in my life, looking back on accomplishments doesn’t give me a sense of satisfaction.
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Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries
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It’s really clear to me that you can’t hang onto something longer than its time. Ideas lose certain freshness, ideas have a shelf life, and sometimes they have to be replaced by other ideas.
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My mother didn’t try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that.
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When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn’t leave until they’re 20.
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I let a tarantula walk across my hand, and I ate rat soup.
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Be brave enough to live creatively.
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