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There are two things that I get a lot of pleasure from in my life, and that is, doing what I know how to do well – that really makes me happy.

Alan Alda

Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
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Being Change Listen Other Person
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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Awful Coincidence Hand Incredible Knife Lock Other People Several Somebody Thousand Unjustify
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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Curious Hungry Relationship Science Someone Understand
Everybody’s on their toes and focused on what we’re about to do, and then there’s this moment where you relax because you see that everybody is there to do the best that they can.
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Do Docus Everybody Moment Relax Toe
It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character wants. Otherwise it doesn’t look authentic. So I really want to defeat Jimmy – I mean Jimmy as the character.
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Actor Authentic Character Defeat Fun Make Play Want
What works for me is working out when it’s useful to use that anger.
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Anger Use Useful Work
Insanity is just a state of mind.
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Instant Just Mind State
I let a tarantula walk across my hand, and I ate rat soup.
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Across Hand Ate Let Rat Soup Tarantula
Almost everybody that’s well-known gets tagged with a nickname.
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Almost Everybody Get Know Nickname Tag Well
In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for ‘Scientific American Frontiers.’
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Blockage Country Film Frontier Intestinal Mountain Segment
I’ve never tried to manipulate my image.
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Image Manipulate Try
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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Late Many Night People Similar Way West Willing Wing Work
Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don’t leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.
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Aim Doubt Get Laugh Yourself
As I am becoming older, the only thing that speeds up is time.
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Become Older Only Speed Thing Time
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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Curious Day First Inmate Long Outside Stream Take
Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
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Change Listen Other Person Real Willingness

There are two things that I get a lot of pleasure from in my life, and that is, doing what I know how to do well – that really makes me happy.

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There are two things that I get a lot of pleasure from in my life, and that is, doing what I know how to do well – that really makes me happy.

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