And I think belief is one of those things that comes to people in their own way. And just because I believe in something doesn’t mean I think that you should.
ALAN ALDAWhat I can’t completely understand is most other people’s fascination with what the famous among us do with their lips and the rest of their bodies.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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What I can’t completely understand is most other people’s fascination with what the famous among us do with their lips and the rest of their bodies.
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As I am becoming older, the only thing that speeds up is time.
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I’m not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn’t interest me.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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When does she do all this thinking? We’re together all the time but she thinks deeply about things and with feeling and she can remember the facts. We’ve been married 48 years.
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Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won’t do what you’ve done before.
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I don’t really worry about the size of the part much any more.
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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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Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
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