When I’m writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer.
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.’
More Alan Alda Quotes
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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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For humans, flying isn’t magic, it’s physics.
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Republicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone – they just don’t do it.
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The difference between listening and pretending to listen, I discovered, is enormous. One is fluid, the other is rigid. One is alive, the other is stuffed.
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You wouldn’t want to be called a sell-out by selling a product.
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People who laugh together generally don’t kill each other.
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Really top-notch directors, I’ve often worked with them just to see how they work.
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It’s not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It’s a picture of somebody trying to figure things out.
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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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When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing one another.
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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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Whenever you wonder about yourself, look up at the stars swirling around in the heavens and just realize how tiny and puny they are.
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I’m an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger.
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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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Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won’t come in.
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