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It’s too bad I’m not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.

Alan Alda

I’m in the real world, some people try to steal from me, and I stop them, frequently, take them to court. I love a good lawsuit. It’s fun.
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Court Frequent People Real Some Steal Stop Them
But often it’s a mechanical transformation, which isn’t as interesting, and you’ve got to be careful how you go about something like that, I think.
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Careful Internet Like Mechanical Often Something Transformation
The difference between listening and pretending to listen, I discovered, is enormous. One is fluid, the other is rigid. One is alive, the other is stuffed.
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Between Difference Fluid Listen Live Pretend Rigid Stuff
I was brought up as a Catholic, and I’m no longer a Catholic.
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Brought Longer Religious
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it, to surf into change.
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Advice Avoid Change Dog Remember Stuff Surf
I found I wasn’t asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
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Ask Assume Enough Found Good Knew Question Something
I’ve never tried to manipulate my image.
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Image Manipulate Try
I found I wasn’t asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
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Ask Assume Enough Found Good Knew Question Something
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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Behind Better Create Do Leave Place Think Want
When I’m writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer.
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Good Seen Try Want Write Writer
When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing one another.
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Another General Kill Laugh One People
How can I ever hope to communicate something to you unless I get signals back from you that I’m on the right track or that I’ve started at some place that you’re familiar with?
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Back Communicate Familiar Home Right Signal Something Start Track
Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
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Change Listen Other Person Real Willingness
As I am becoming older, the only thing that speeds up is time.
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Become Older Only Speed Thing Time
Nothing important was ever accomplished without chutzpah. Columbus had chutzpah. The signers of the Declaration of Independence had chutzpah.
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Accomplish Chutzpah Country Ever Important Nothing
I’ve played a murderer, so certainly I think I can play a Republican.
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Certain Murder Play Republican Think

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