I’ve been lucky enough to live through all the things that are supposed to give meaning to our lives, like parenting, grandparenting, art, celebrity.
ALAN ALDAYou wouldn’t want to be called a sell-out by selling a product.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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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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[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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It’s nice to have more time to work on the character, and to have big scenes to play. But if there’s something playable there, and if it’s interesting to do, then that’s nice.
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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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Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school.
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The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.
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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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War is war and Hell is hell, and if you ask me, War is a lot worse.
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Begin challenging your own assumptions.
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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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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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I found I wasn’t asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
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It’s really clear to me that you can’t hang onto something longer than its time. Ideas lose certain freshness, ideas have a shelf life, and sometimes they have to be replaced by other ideas.
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People who laugh together generally don’t kill each other.
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If I don’t win, I’ll just wait until I’m nominated for being in the theater during the show. Do they have one like that?
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