Insanity is just a state of mind.
ALAN ALDAWhen people are laughing, they’re generally not killing one another.
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It isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It’s only necessary to be rich.
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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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Eventually, I found a radical way of thinking about listening. Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
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Don’t ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don’t doubt yourself.
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[You have to be] willing to be changed by the person you’re listening to, where you’re not just waiting for a pause so you can say your thing, but you’re actually letting them have an effect on you if they can.
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I’m an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger.
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Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.
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Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
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I wouldn’t live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.
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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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War is war and Hell is hell, and if you ask me, War is a lot worse.
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I’ve sat looking down into a volcano that could blow at any moment; I’ve helped catch a shark and several rattlesnakes;
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I try to find out what there is in the character that in a way, you can’t put into words. If I could put it into words, then it wouldn’t be a performance. And if I do put it into words, as I play it, I start to get boxed in by those words.
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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.
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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.
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