Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe – you can’t take a taxi.
ALAN ALDADon’t be upset that it takes a long, long time to find wisdom because nobody knows where wisdom can be found.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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You wouldn’t want to be called a sell-out by selling a product.
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If I don’t win, I’ll just wait until I’m nominated for being in the theater during the show. Do they have one like that?
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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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And I want to warn everyone in the press and all the voters out there: if you demand expressions of religious faith from politicians, you are just begging to be lied to.
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If I can’t get the girl, at least give me more money.
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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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I dont see we can have a separation of church and state in this government if you have to pass a religious test to get in this government.
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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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Someone wrote a Wikipedia entry about me, identifying me as an atheist because I’d said in a book I wrote that I wasn’t a believer.
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I can sing in tune now, but I have to work really hard on it to make sure that I don’t exercise one of my great talents, which is the ability to sing in three keys at the same time.
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For me, I find that even though I’ve accomplished a few things in my life, looking back on accomplishments doesn’t give me a sense of satisfaction.
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Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won’t do what you’ve done before.
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So every day till the end of this campaign, Ill answer any question anyone has on government, but if you have a question on religion, please, go to church.
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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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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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