Kids are natural scientists.
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.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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If you know what you’re looking for, that’s all you’ll get – what’s previously known. But when you’re open to what’s possible, you get something new – that’s creativity.
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How can I ever hope to communicate something to you unless I get signals back from you that I’m on the right track or that I’ve started at some place that you’re familiar with?
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If you don’t listen deeply, the connection won’t take place.
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Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself.
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My mother didn’t try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that.
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For a while in my teens, I was sure I had it. It was about getting to heaven. If heaven existed and lasted forever, then a mere lifetime spent scrupulously following orders was a small investment for an infinite payoff.
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I have thought about punching people out. Sometimes, I’ve thought, ‘Why don’t I just act on that impulse?’ But then, I’ve never hit anybody in anger. Hey! I’ve never hit anybody for fun.
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People who laugh together generally don’t kill each other.
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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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Eventually, I found a radical way of thinking about listening. Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
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When does she do all this thinking? We’re together all the time but she thinks deeply about things and with feeling and she can remember the facts. We’ve been married 48 years.
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Loneliness is everything it’s cracked up to be.
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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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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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Really top-notch directors, I’ve often worked with them just to see how they work.
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