I’ve sat looking down into a volcano that could blow at any moment; I’ve helped catch a shark and several rattlesnakes;
ALAN ALDANothing important was ever accomplished without chutzpah. Columbus had chutzpah. The signers of the Declaration of Independence had chutzpah.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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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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Don’t ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don’t doubt yourself.
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Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.
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I’m not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn’t interest me.
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Be brave enough to live creatively . . . what you’ll discover will be wonderful: yourself.
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But if you consider how abnormal their behavior is, then you are led to the hypothesis that almost all men are suffering from ‘testosterone poisoning.’
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I found I wasn’t asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
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Our lives depend on good communication. Good communication helps personal relationships, it helps bosses and employees get along better. We rely on it.
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The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.
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Musicals are hard for me because I got thrown out of the glee club in high school, because I couldn’t sing in tune at the time.
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Remarkably, according to what they told me, nearly every inmate in the prison didn’t do it.
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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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When I’m writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer.
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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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artists try to say things that can’t be said. in a fragile net of words, gestures, or colors, we hope to capture a feeling.
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