life is meaningless unless you bring meaning to it; … it is up to us to create our own existence. Unless you do something, unless you make something it’s as though you aren’t there.
ALAN ALDAIt’s nice to have more time to work on the character, and to have big scenes to play. But if there’s something playable there, and if it’s interesting to do, then that’s nice.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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I still don’t like the word agnostic. It’s too fancy. I’m simply not a believer. But, as simple as this notion is, it confuses some people.
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Almost everybody that’s well-known gets tagged with a nickname.
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The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart.
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There’s plenty of money to be had. But you also lose your soul.
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Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won’t come in.
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I’m an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger.
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I’ve been nominated twice before as actor in a leading part. Now I’m nominated as actor in a supporting part.
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Everyone opens up to one another right away. That’s a terrific thing. I love that about actors. They know how personal this job is.
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This gets us back to that most pressing of human questions: why do people worry so much about other people’s holding beliefs other than their own?
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Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
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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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The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.
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My relationship with science is as someone who’s curious and hungry to know, hungry to understand. So all I have to offer is my ignorance and my curiosity, which is a good combination, as long as they come together.
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If you know what you’re looking for, that’s all you’ll get – what’s previously known. But when you’re open to what’s possible, you get something new – that’s creativity.
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If I can’t get the girl, at least give me more money.
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