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I let a tarantula walk across my hand, and I ate rat soup.

Alan Alda

But if you consider how abnormal their behavior is, then you are led to the hypothesis that almost all men are suffering from ‘testosterone poisoning.’
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Abnormal Almost Hypothesis led Poison Suffer Testosterone
When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing one another.
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Another General Kill Laugh One People
Several thousand people had been locked up unjustly and, by an incredible coincidence, all in the same prison. On the other hand, they knew an awful lot about how to knife somebody.
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Awful Coincidence Hand Incredible Knife Lock Other People Several Somebody Thousand Unjustify
Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don’t leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.
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Aim Doubt Get Laugh Yourself
Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
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Being Change Listen Other Person
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while or the light won’t come in. If you challenge your own, you won’t be so quick to accept the unchallenged assumptions of others.
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Assumption Come Every Light Once Scrub Window World
I’ve played a murderer, so certainly I think I can play a Republican.
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Certain Murder Play Republican Think
I would box them into a corner with a badly formed question, and they didn’t know how to get out of it. Now, I let them take me through it step by step, and I listen.
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Badly Box Corner Form Get Listen Out Question Step
A really great actor, in a lucky performance, can transform himself or herself. I’ve seen actors do that.
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Actor Great Herself Itself Lucky Performance Really Transform
Be brave enough to live creatively.
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Brate Creative Enough
I don’t really worry about the size of the part much any more.
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Any More Much Part Really Size Worry
Life is great-I wouldn’t know what I’d do without it.
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Great Know Life Without
Don’t ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don’t doubt yourself.
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Aim Doubt Laugh Yourself
After a while I started to think of that as an image of something that went a lot deeper than the dead dog, which is you can’t bring back anything to life.
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Anything Back Bring Dead Deeper Dog Image Something Start Think
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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Act Impulse Nobody People Punch Something
What then are doing if not creating a better place together? I think, for me the key has to be, what do I want to create? What is it I want to leave behind?
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Behind Better Create Do Leave Place Think Want

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