I’m greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn’t do it, that somehow I can deliver.
ALAN ALDAFor 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.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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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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What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.
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The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.
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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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War is war and Hell is hell, and if you ask me, War is a lot worse.
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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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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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Remarkably, according to what they told me, nearly every inmate in the prison didn’t do it.
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[You have to be] willing to be changed by the person you’re listening to, where you’re not just waiting for a pause so you can say your thing, but you’re actually letting them have an effect on you if they can.
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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.
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Insanity is just a state of mind.
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One day, though, I realized I was no longer a believer, and realizing that, I couldn’t go back.
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It’s too bad I’m not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.
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life is meaningless unless you bring meaning to it; … it is up to us to create our own existence. Unless you do something, unless you make something it’s as though you aren’t there.
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