Begin challenging your own assumptions.
ALAN ALDAPeople who laugh together generally don’t kill each other.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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I don’t really worry about the size of the part much any more.
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Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while or the light won’t come in. If you challenge your own, you won’t be so quick to accept the unchallenged assumptions of others.
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Kids are natural scientists.
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Jean Paul Sartre says in “No Exit” that hell is other people. Well, our task in life is to make it heaven. Or at least earth.
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As I am becoming older, the only thing that speeds up is time.
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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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But if you consider how abnormal their behavior is, then you are led to the hypothesis that almost all men are suffering from ‘testosterone poisoning.’
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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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Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
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I wouldn’t live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.
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I’m an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger.
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The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.
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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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I’m in the real world, some people try to steal from me, and I stop them, frequently, take them to court. I love a good lawsuit. It’s fun.
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Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won’t do what you’ve done before.
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