The one hour live debate in the West Wing that we did was one of the most exciting times for me on stage or on camera, because anything could go wrong.
ALAN ALDAI really don’t like plays or movies that service propaganda.
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You wouldn’t want to be called a sell-out by selling a product.
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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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They wont all lie to you but a lot of them will. And itll be the easiest lie they ever had to tell to get your votes.
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I’m an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger.
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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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I guess in a world uncomfortable with uncertainty, an unbeliever must be an atheist, and possibly an infidel.
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In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for ‘Scientific American Frontiers.’
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Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.
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They’re supposed to be gigantic explosions and they’re just these insignificant little dots. If you step back from things far enough you realize how important and powerful you are.
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If I can’t get the girl, at least give me more money.
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I’m in this wonderful position where I can do what interests me. And whatever comes along that interests me, I do. The rest of the time I bother scientists about communicating.
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If you don’t listen deeply, the connection won’t take place.
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Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
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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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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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