When I’m willing to let them change me, something happens between us that’s more interesting than a pair of dueling monologues.
ALAN ALDARepublicans 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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The one hour live debate in the West Wing that we did was one of the most exciting times for me on stage or on camera, because anything could go wrong.
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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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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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I found I wasn’t asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
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So every day till the end of this campaign, Ill answer any question anyone has on government, but if you have a question on religion, please, go to church.
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You wouldn’t want to be called a sell-out by selling a product.
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Insanity is just a state of mind.
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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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Don’t ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don’t doubt yourself.
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Our lives depend on good communication. Good communication helps personal relationships, it helps bosses and employees get along better. We rely on it.
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My mother didn’t try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that.
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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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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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I dont see we can have a separation of church and state in this government if you have to pass a religious test to get in this government.
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If you don’t listen deeply, the connection won’t take place.
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