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It’s not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It’s a picture of somebody trying to figure things out.

Alan Alda

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
I guess in a world uncomfortable with uncertainty, an unbeliever must be an atheist, and possibly an infidel.
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Atheist Guess Infidel Possibly Unbeliever Uncertain Uncomfortable World
When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing one another.
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Another General Kill Laugh One People
When does she do all this thinking? We’re together all the time but she thinks deeply about things and with feeling and she can remember the facts. We’ve been married 48 years.
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All Dep Feel Married Think Time Together
If you don’t listen deeply, the connection won’t take place.
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Connections Listening Waiting
It isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It’s only necessary to be rich.
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Famous Happy Necessary Rich
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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Both Logic Respect Rule Same School Study Taught Think Time
Kids are natural scientists.
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Kid Natural Scientist
What works for me is working out when it’s useful to use that anger.
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Anger Use Useful Work
Nothing important was ever accomplished without chutzpah. Columbus had chutzpah. The signers of the Declaration of Independence had chutzpah.
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Accomplish Chutzpah Country Ever Important Nothing
Whenever you wonder about yourself, look up at the stars swirling around in the heavens and just realize how tiny and puny they are.
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Heaven Just Puny Realize Star Swirl Tiny Wonder Yourself
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
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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Late Many Night People Similar Way West Willing Wing Work
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
They’re supposed to be gigantic explosions and they’re just these insignificant little dots. If you step back from things far enough you realize how important and powerful you are.
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Back Dot Explosion Gigantic Important Insignificant Little Powerful Step Suppose Thing
Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
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Change Listen Other Person Real Willingness

It’s not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It’s a picture of somebody trying to figure things out.

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It’s not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It’s a picture of somebody trying to figure things out.

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