The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart.
ALAN ALDAI still don’t like the word agnostic. It’s too fancy. I’m simply not a believer. But, as simple as this notion is, it confuses some people.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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I’m greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn’t do it, that somehow I can deliver.
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Testosterone Poisoning: … Until now it has been thought that the level of testosterone in men is normal simply because they have it.
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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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You can’t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you’re doing. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself.
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Really top-notch directors, I’ve often worked with them just to see how they work.
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Be brave enough to live creatively.
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You wouldn’t want to be called a sell-out by selling a product.
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If I don’t win, I’ll just wait until I’m nominated for being in the theater during the show. Do they have one like that?
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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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Working on The West Wing was similar in many ways to my experience on M*A*S*H, because you had people willing to work late at night to get it just right.
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That last note, “in the same respect,” says a lot. As soon as you change the frame of reference, you’ve changed the truthiness of a once immutable fact.
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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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As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what’s personal to you. You have to be personal about your work; otherwise, it doesn’t ring true.
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And I think belief is one of those things that comes to people in their own way. And just because I believe in something doesn’t mean I think that you should.
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I don’t really worry about the size of the part much any more.
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