I’ve never tried to manipulate my image.
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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It tends to break out at unexpected times like a rare virus and mostly people with compassion and understanding are susceptible to it.
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I’m greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn’t do it, that somehow I can deliver.
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During the first day, curious at having outsiders among them, a long stream of inmates came over and talked with me.
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Kids are natural scientists.
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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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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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It’s too bad I’m not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.
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What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.
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When I’m willing to let them change me, something happens between us that’s more interesting than a pair of dueling monologues.
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One day, though, I realized I was no longer a believer, and realizing that, I couldn’t go back.
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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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I guess in a world uncomfortable with uncertainty, an unbeliever must be an atheist, and possibly an infidel.
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Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries
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Eventually, I found a radical way of thinking about listening. Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
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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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