I’ve sat looking down into a volcano that could blow at any moment; I’ve helped catch a shark and several rattlesnakes;
ALAN ALDAIf you don’t listen deeply, the connection won’t take place.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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If I can’t get the girl, at least give me more money.
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I’ve been nominated twice before as actor in a leading part. Now I’m nominated as actor in a supporting part.
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If you don’t listen deeply, the connection won’t take place.
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For me, I find that even though I’ve accomplished a few things in my life, looking back on accomplishments doesn’t give me a sense of satisfaction.
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Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe – you can’t take a taxi.
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I’m in this wonderful position where I can do what interests me. And whatever comes along that interests me, I do. The rest of the time I bother scientists about communicating.
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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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The other one, and probably an equal pleasure, is finding out how I can be helpful and then really being helpful.
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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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Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries
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I play tennis non-obsessively. I seem to beat people I play a lot or half the time, so I guess I gravitate to people who are as bad as I am.
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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.
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Nothing important was ever accomplished without chutzpah. Columbus had chutzpah. The signers of the Declaration of Independence had chutzpah.
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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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Republicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone – they just don’t do it.
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