It isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It’s only necessary to be rich.
ALAN ALDAI wouldn’t live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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It’s always better to be wise than to be smart.
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I have thought about punching people out. Sometimes, I’ve thought, ‘Why don’t I just act on that impulse?’ But then, I’ve never hit anybody in anger. Hey! I’ve never hit anybody for fun.
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Several thousand people had been locked up unjustly and, by an incredible coincidence, all in the same prison. On the other hand, they knew an awful lot about how to knife somebody.
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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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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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Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
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If you don’t listen deeply, the connection won’t take place.
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Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries
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Loneliness is everything it’s cracked up to be.
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My relationship with science is as someone who’s curious and hungry to know, hungry to understand. So all I have to offer is my ignorance and my curiosity, which is a good combination, as long as they come together.
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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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I don’t really worry about the size of the part much any more.
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I play tennis non-obsessively. I seem to beat people I play a lot or half the time, so I guess I gravitate to people who are as bad as I am.
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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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For a while in my teens, I was sure I had it. It was about getting to heaven. If heaven existed and lasted forever, then a mere lifetime spent scrupulously following orders was a small investment for an infinite payoff.
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