Alan Alda on alien
Alan Alda142 quotes“When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn’t leave until they’re 20.”
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Alan AldaAlan Alda 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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Alan AldaAlan Alda I’m not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn’t interest me.
Alan AldaAlan Alda My relationship with science is as someone who’s curious and hungry to know, hungry to understand. So all I have to offer is my ignorance and my curiosity, which is a good combination, as long as they come together.
Alan AldaAlan Alda You wouldn’t want to be called a sell-out by selling a product.
Alan AldaAlan Alda You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.
Alan AldaAlan Alda Everybody’s on their toes and focused on what we’re about to do, and then there’s this moment where you relax because you see that everybody is there to do the best that they can.
Alan AldaAlan Alda I’ve never tried to manipulate my image.
Alan AldaAlan Alda Really top-notch directors, I’ve often worked with them just to see how they work.
Alan AldaAlan Alda Our lives depend on good communication. Good communication helps personal relationships, it helps bosses and employees get along better. We rely on it.
Alan AldaAlan Alda Don’t ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don’t doubt yourself.
Alan AldaAlan Alda All these things you expect meaning to come from, and sometimes it comes when you’re not expecting it.
Alan AldaAlan Alda It isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It’s only necessary to be rich.
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Noam ChomskyNoam Chomsky Computer memories work in a manner alien to human memories. My memory lets me recognize the faces of my friends, whereas my own computer never even recognizes me.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn’t move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei I figure if I take my children’s work seriously, maybe they will too. And it reinforces the idea that art is not something alien and esoteric. Anyone can make art.
Aerin LauderAerin Lauder There is already a gap between those with education and those without. Those with educational privilege can be seen as arrogant, remote, alien – and very often they believe themselves superior.
Adrienne RichAdrienne Rich We found the bathrooms, which were labeled ‘Aliens’ and ‘Femaliens.’ ‘Finally,’ I said to J.Lo. ‘Here’s a bathroom you’re allowed to use.
Adam RexAdam Rex Leave your home, O youth, and seek out alien shores. A wider range of life has been ordained for you.
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