Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won’t do what you’ve done before.
ALAN ALDAWhen people are laughing, they’re generally not killing one another.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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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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Everybody’s on their toes and focused on what we’re about to do, and then there’s this moment where you relax because you see that everybody is there to do the best that they can.
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During the first day, curious at having outsiders among them, a long stream of inmates came over and talked with me.
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Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself.
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I wouldn’t live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.
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I found I wasn’t asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
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All these things you expect meaning to come from, and sometimes it comes when you’re not expecting it.
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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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If I can’t get the girl, at least give me more money.
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Working on The West Wing was similar in many ways to my experience on M*A*S*H, because you had people willing to work late at night to get it just right.
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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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I really don’t like plays or movies that service propaganda.
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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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Why do ordinary people become the target of this curiosity simply by virtue of the fact that other people recognize their names and faces but know nothing else about them? Why do we care what they think, what they wear, what they eat?
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I let a tarantula walk across my hand, and I ate rat soup.
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