When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn’t leave until they’re 20.
ALAN ALDASeveral thousand people had been locked up unjustly and, by an incredible coincidence, all in the same prison. On the other hand, they knew an awful lot about how to knife somebody.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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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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Remarkably, according to what they told me, nearly every inmate in the prison didn’t do 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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I’ve been lucky enough to live through all the things that are supposed to give meaning to our lives, like parenting, grandparenting, art, celebrity.
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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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The other one, and probably an equal pleasure, is finding out how I can be helpful and then really being helpful.
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When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing one another.
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You’ll be a lot less likely to be caught up in bias or prejudice or be influenced by people who ask you to hand over your brains, your soul or your money because they have everything all figured out for you.
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Several thousand people had been locked up unjustly and, by an incredible coincidence, all in the same prison. On the other hand, they knew an awful lot about how to knife somebody.
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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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Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won’t do what you’ve done before.
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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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Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.
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I’ve never tried to manipulate my image.
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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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