In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for ‘Scientific American Frontiers.’
ALAN ALDAI 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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I play tennis non-obsessively. I seem to beat people I play a lot or half the time, so I guess I gravitate to people who are as bad as I am.
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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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The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.
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I can sing in tune now, but I have to work really hard on it to make sure that I don’t exercise one of my great talents, which is the ability to sing in three keys at the same time.
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I don’t really worry about the size of the part much any more.
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If you don’t listen deeply, the connection won’t take place.
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I’ll carry on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to Old Virginia, I’ll even ‘hari-kari’ if you show me how, but I will not carry a gun!
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I’ve sat looking down into a volcano that could blow at any moment; I’ve helped catch a shark and several rattlesnakes;
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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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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.
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I’m an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger.
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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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When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn’t leave until they’re 20.
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What then are doing if not creating a better place together? I think, for me the key has to be, what do I want to create? What is it I want to leave behind?
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Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries
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