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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.

Alan Alda

Republicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone – they just don’t do it.
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Anymore Capable Come Country Great Idea Republican
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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Agnostic Believe Fancy Like Notion Simple Word
Insanity is just a state of mind.
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Instant Just Mind State
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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Change Duet Happen Interest More Pair Something Willing
I was a child, and my mother was psychotic. She loved me, but I didn’t really feel I had a mother. And when you live with somebody who is paranoid and thinks you’re trying to kill them all the time, you tend to feel a little betrayed.
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Betray Child Feel Kill Live Love Mother Paranoid Psychotic Something
The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.
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Being Good Hypocrite Keep Thing Value
When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing one another.
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Another General Kill Laugh One People
Remarkably, according to what they told me, nearly every inmate in the prison didn’t do it.
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According Every Inmate Nearly Prison Remarkable Told
Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
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Being Change Listen Other Person
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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Along Come Communication Interest Position Scientific Whatever Wonderful
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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Found Long Take Time Upset Wisdom
Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries
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Come Discovery Great Serendipity Some Thing Understand
You wouldn’t want to be called a sell-out by selling a product.
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Business Call Out Product School Self
[You have to be] willing to be changed by the person you’re listening to, where you’re not just waiting for a pause so you can say your thing, but you’re actually letting them have an effect on you if they can.
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Actual Effect Let Listen Pause Person Wait Will Change
It’s really clear to me that you can’t hang onto something longer than its time. Ideas lose certain freshness, ideas have a shelf life, and sometimes they have to be replaced by other ideas.
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Clear Have Longer Onto Something Really Time
No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.
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Being Better Gentle Good Humble Man Something Sort Strong Woman

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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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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