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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.

Alan Alda

It’s always better to be wise than to be smart.
ALAN ALDA

Always Better Smart Wise
Whenever you wonder about yourself, look up at the stars swirling around in the heavens and just realize how tiny and puny they are.
ALAN ALDA

Heaven Just Puny Realize Star Swirl Tiny Wonder Yourself
I let a tarantula walk across my hand, and I ate rat soup.
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Across Hand Ate Let Rat Soup Tarantula
And I want to warn everyone in the press and all the voters out there: if you demand expressions of religious faith from politicians, you are just begging to be lied to.
ALAN ALDA

Beg Demand Everyone Expression Politician Press Religious
Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
ALAN ALDA

Always Better Remember Smart Wise
I have a final word of advice to our students. If you work very, very hard, this is the kind of actor, writer and director you may turn out to be, and if you work extra hard, this is the kind of person you may turn out to be.
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Advice Director Extra Final Kind Person Student Word Writer
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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Found Long Take Time Upset Wisdom
I’ll carry on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to Old Virginia, I’ll even ‘hari-kari’ if you show me how, but I will not carry a gun!
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Back Carry Cash Forward Gun Over Show
Begin challenging your own assumptions.
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Assumption Begin Challenge Own
Working on The West Wing was similar in many ways to my experience on M*A*S*H, because you had people willing to work late at night to get it just right.
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Late Many Night People Similar Way West Willing Wing Work
Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
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Being Change Listen Other Person
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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Between Difference Fluid Listen Live Pretend Rigid Stuff
Why do ordinary people become the target of this curiosity simply by virtue of the fact that other people recognize their names and faces but know nothing else about them? Why do we care what they think, what they wear, what they eat?
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Act Care Curiosity Eat Face Name Nothing Ordinary People Recognize Simply Target Virtue Wear
I dont see we can have a separation of church and state in this government if you have to pass a religious test to get in this government.
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Church Government Pass Religious Separate State Test
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.
ALAN ALDA

Court Frequent People Real Some Steal Stop Them
Insanity is just a state of mind.
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Instant Just Mind State

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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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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