Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
ALAN ALDALaugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don’t leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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Testosterone Poisoning: … Until now it has been thought that the level of testosterone in men is normal simply because they have it.
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There are two things that I get a lot of pleasure from in my life, and that is, doing what I know how to do well – that really makes me happy.
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Insanity is just a state of mind.
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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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I have thought about punching people out. Sometimes, I’ve thought, ‘Why don’t I just act on that impulse?’ But then, I’ve never hit anybody in anger. Hey! I’ve never hit anybody for fun.
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Be brave enough to live creatively.
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When I’m writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer.
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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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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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Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
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When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing one another.
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What then are doing if not creating a better place together? I think, for me the key has to be, what do I want to create? What is it I want to leave behind?
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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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It isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It’s only necessary to be rich.
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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.
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