Alan Alda Quotes

I read science, because to me, that's extremely exciting. It's like a great detective story, and it's happening right in front of us.

Alan Alda

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• Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.

  

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• Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.

  

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• Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth.

  

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• Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage.

  

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• Free love sounds great.

  

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• I like to look for patterns in science and life. It's what I do.

  

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• When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like at weddings or funerals, that's so powerful. It means I can connect with them on an important level.

  

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• The gift I have to give to my fellow countrymen and people around the world, the facts are the Muslim community are our gift. They are the fabric of what makes America great.

  

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• People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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• I don't really know what the Great American Novel is. I like the idea that there could be one now, and I wouldn't object if someone thought it was mine, but I don't claim to have written that - I just wrote my book.

  

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• I had always wanted to be on SNL, it's not always great, but it's this leftover childhood dream.

  

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• The church of St. Peter at Berlin, notwithstanding the total difference between them in the style of building, appears in some respects to have a great resemblance to St. Paul's in London.

  

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• I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true.

  

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• I pay a lot of attention to how things are done and the whole activity of building something is interesting.

  

  Donald Judd
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• I've been in Parliament since 1983, and I've been involved in many issues over the time.

  

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• You cannot entirely control your subconscious mind, but you can voluntarily hand over to it any plan, desire, or purpose which you wish transformed into concrete form.

  

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• I read science, because to me, that's extremely exciting. It's like a great detective story, and it's happening right in front of us.

  

  Alan Alda
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