People who laugh together generally don’t kill each other.
ALAN ALDAThe 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.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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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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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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When I’m willing to let them change me, something happens between us that’s more interesting than a pair of dueling monologues.
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All these things you expect meaning to come from, and sometimes it comes when you’re not expecting it.
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I don’t talk about my beliefs too much in public probably because I feel very strongly that it’s something personal – more than personal, it’s private.
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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 let a tarantula walk across my hand, and I ate rat soup.
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A taste; a painful longing. but the net is always too porous, and we are left with the sweet frustration of almost knowing, which is teasingly pleasurable.
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You can’t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you’re doing. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself.
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But if you consider how abnormal their behavior is, then you are led to the hypothesis that almost all men are suffering from ‘testosterone poisoning.’
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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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I really don’t like plays or movies that service propaganda.
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Jean Paul Sartre says in “No Exit” that hell is other people. Well, our task in life is to make it heaven. Or at least earth.
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If I can’t get the girl, at least give me more money.
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I still don’t like the word agnostic. It’s too fancy. I’m simply not a believer. But, as simple as this notion is, it confuses some people.
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