I’ve sat looking down into a volcano that could blow at any moment; I’ve helped catch a shark and several rattlesnakes;
ALAN ALDAThe good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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Life is great-I wouldn’t know what I’d do without it.
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Don’t be upset that it takes a long, long time to find wisdom because nobody knows where wisdom can be found.
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Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe – you can’t take a taxi.
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A taste; a painful longing. but the net is always too porous, and we are left with the sweet frustration of almost knowing, which is teasingly pleasurable.
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For humans, flying isn’t magic, it’s physics.
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Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
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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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If you know what you’re looking for, that’s all you’ll get – what’s previously known. But when you’re open to what’s possible, you get something new – that’s creativity.
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I’ve been lucky enough to live through all the things that are supposed to give meaning to our lives, like parenting, grandparenting, art, celebrity.
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It’s always better to be wise than to be smart.
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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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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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Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won’t do what you’ve done before.
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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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I was brought up as a Catholic, and I’m no longer a Catholic.
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