It isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It’s only necessary to be rich.
ALAN ALDAWhen 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.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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And I think belief is one of those things that comes to people in their own way. And just because I believe in something doesn’t mean I think that you should.
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Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
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It’s always better to be wise than to be smart.
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Really top-notch directors, I’ve often worked with them just to see how they work.
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If you don’t listen deeply, the connection won’t take place.
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I’m very interested in the improvisation because one of the things I do is to help train scientists to communicate in a better way and more personal way when they’re making a presentation, and I use improvisation to do that.
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A really great actor, in a lucky performance, can transform himself or herself. I’ve seen actors do that.
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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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I was always interested in figuring things out. I’d do experiments, like combining things I found around the house to see what would happen if I put them together.
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You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.
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The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.
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What I can’t completely understand is most other people’s fascination with what the famous among us do with their lips and the rest of their bodies.
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For humans, flying isn’t magic, it’s physics.
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For me, I find that even though I’ve accomplished a few things in my life, looking back on accomplishments doesn’t give me a sense of satisfaction.
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Begin challenging your own assumptions.
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