Remarkably, according to what they told me, nearly every inmate in the prison didn’t do it.
ALAN ALDAI wouldn’t live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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I’ve played a murderer, so certainly I think I can play a Republican.
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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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Whenever you wonder about yourself, look up at the stars swirling around in the heavens and just realize how tiny and puny they are.
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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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Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school.
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Working on The West Wing was similar in many ways to my experience on M*A*S*H, because you had people willing to work late at night to get it just right.
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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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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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People who laugh together generally don’t kill each other.
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I was brought up as a Catholic, and I’m no longer a Catholic.
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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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As I am becoming older, the only thing that speeds up is time.
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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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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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