When I studied how to think in school, I was taught that the first rule of logic was that a thing cannot both be and not be at the same time and in the same respect.
ALAN ALDAMy relationship with science is as someone who’s curious and hungry to know, hungry to understand. So all I have to offer is my ignorance and my curiosity, which is a good combination, as long as they come together.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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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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Don’t be upset that it takes a long, long time to find wisdom because nobody knows where wisdom can be found.
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As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what’s personal to you. You have to be personal about your work; otherwise, it doesn’t ring true.
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When I’m willing to let them change me, something happens between us that’s more interesting than a pair of dueling monologues.
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They’re supposed to be gigantic explosions and they’re just these insignificant little dots. If you step back from things far enough you realize how important and powerful you are.
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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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Be brave enough to live creatively.
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There are two things that I get a lot of pleasure from in my life, and that is, doing what I know how to do well – that really makes me happy.
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I was brought up as a Catholic, and I’m no longer a Catholic.
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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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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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Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school.
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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.
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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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When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing one another.
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