I let a tarantula walk across my hand, and I ate rat soup.
ALAN ALDA
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My 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.
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