life is meaningless unless you bring meaning to it; … it is up to us to create our own existence. Unless you do something, unless you make something it’s as though you aren’t there.
ALAN ALDAIf I can’t get the girl, at least give me more money.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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It tends to break out at unexpected times like a rare virus and mostly people with compassion and understanding are susceptible to it.
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They wont all lie to you but a lot of them will. And itll be the easiest lie they ever had to tell to get your votes.
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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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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.
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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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In the midst of the sense of tragedy or loss, sometimes laughter is not only healing, it’s a way of experiencing the person that you’ve lost again.
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If I can’t get the girl, at least give me more money.
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Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.
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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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I found I wasn’t asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
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Life is great-I wouldn’t know what I’d do without it.
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Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself.
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Almost everybody that’s well-known gets tagged with a nickname.
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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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