Don’t be upset that it takes a long, long time to find wisdom because nobody knows where wisdom can be found.
ALAN ALDADuring the first day, curious at having outsiders among them, a long stream of inmates came over and talked with me.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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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 dont see we can have a separation of church and state in this government if you have to pass a religious test to get in this government.
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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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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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If I can’t get the girl, at least give me more money.
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I was brought up as a Catholic, and I’m no longer a Catholic.
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My mother didn’t try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that.
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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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When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn’t leave until they’re 20.
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But often it’s a mechanical transformation, which isn’t as interesting, and you’ve got to be careful how you go about something like that, I think.
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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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Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
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There’s plenty of money to be had. But you also lose your soul.
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A really great actor, in a lucky performance, can transform himself or herself. I’ve seen actors do that.
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I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don’t agree with what they teach, you get clobbered over the head until you do. All that does is change the shape of the head.
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