I found I wasn’t asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
ALAN ALDAWar is war and Hell is hell, and if you ask me, War is a lot worse.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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It tends to break out at unexpected times like a rare virus and mostly people with compassion and understanding are susceptible to it.
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I wouldn’t live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.
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I was brought up as a Catholic, and I’m no longer a Catholic.
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All these things you expect meaning to come from, and sometimes it comes when you’re not expecting it.
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I’ve never tried to manipulate my image.
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Don’t ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don’t doubt yourself.
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But often it’s a mechanical transformation, which isn’t as interesting, and you’ve got to be careful how you go about something like that, I think.
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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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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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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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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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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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Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
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Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don’t leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.
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That last note, “in the same respect,” says a lot. As soon as you change the frame of reference, you’ve changed the truthiness of a once immutable fact.
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