Be brave enough to live creatively.
ALAN ALDAWhen I’m writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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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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For humans, flying isn’t magic, it’s physics.
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In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for ‘Scientific American Frontiers.’
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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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Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while or the light won’t come in. If you challenge your own, you won’t be so quick to accept the unchallenged assumptions of others.
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I really don’t like plays or movies that service propaganda.
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Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.
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It’s not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It’s a picture of somebody trying to figure things out.
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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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I’m in the real world, some people try to steal from me, and I stop them, frequently, take them to court. I love a good lawsuit. It’s fun.
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I guess in a world uncomfortable with uncertainty, an unbeliever must be an atheist, and possibly an infidel.
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What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.
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Here’s my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they’re fair with you.
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I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don’t agree with what they teach, you get clobbered over the head until you do. All that does is change the shape of the head.
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Everyone opens up to one another right away. That’s a terrific thing. I love that about actors. They know how personal this job is.
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