I still don’t like the word agnostic. It’s too fancy. I’m simply not a believer. But, as simple as this notion is, it confuses some people.
ALAN ALDABeing mystified is a good beginning, because you won’t do what you’ve done before.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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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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During the first day, curious at having outsiders among them, a long stream of inmates came over and talked with me.
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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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How can I ever hope to communicate something to you unless I get signals back from you that I’m on the right track or that I’ve started at some place that you’re familiar with?
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What I can’t completely understand is most other people’s fascination with what the famous among us do with their lips and the rest of their bodies.
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When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn’t leave until they’re 20.
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As I am becoming older, the only thing that speeds up is time.
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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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Insanity is just a state of mind.
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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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They wont all lie to you but a lot of them will. And itll be the easiest lie they ever had to tell to get your votes.
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Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school.
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In the midst of the sense of tragedy or loss, sometimes laughter is not only healing, it’s a way of experiencing the person that you’ve lost again.
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The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.
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I don’t talk about my beliefs too much in public probably because I feel very strongly that it’s something personal – more than personal, it’s private.
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