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.
ALAN ALDAI was always interested in figuring things out. I’d do experiments, like combining things I found around the house to see what would happen if I put them together.
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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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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Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself.
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Life is great-I wouldn’t know what I’d do without it.
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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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In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for ‘Scientific American Frontiers.’
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Don’t ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don’t doubt yourself.
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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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It’s always better to be wise than to be smart.
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Someone wrote a Wikipedia entry about me, identifying me as an atheist because I’d said in a book I wrote that I wasn’t a believer.
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Insanity is just a state of mind.
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I found I wasn’t asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
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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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I guess in a world uncomfortable with uncertainty, an unbeliever must be an atheist, and possibly an infidel.
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The one hour live debate in the West Wing that we did was one of the most exciting times for me on stage or on camera, because anything could go wrong.
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