This gets us back to that most pressing of human questions: why do people worry so much about other people’s holding beliefs other than their own?
ALAN ALDAIn 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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The one hour live debate in the West Wing that we did was one of the most exciting times for me on stage or on camera, because anything could go wrong.
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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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When does she do all this thinking? We’re together all the time but she thinks deeply about things and with feeling and she can remember the facts. We’ve been married 48 years.
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Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
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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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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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I’m not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn’t interest me.
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Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won’t do what you’ve done before.
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I was brought up as a Catholic, and I’m no longer a Catholic.
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Be brave enough to live creatively . . . what you’ll discover will be wonderful: yourself.
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People who laugh together generally don’t kill each other.
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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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Loneliness is everything it’s cracked up to be.
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I found I wasn’t asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
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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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