Alan Alda Quotes
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I'm not an aggressive person at all. But I know how to fight.
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A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.
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I feel like Adele is a diva. Not in the bad way. She is one of the greatest voices of this industry and of her own art. What she offers is so unique that she's risen to such a status that very few artists can enjoy.
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.
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One should always try to do the best you possibly can. I'm not in a race to the finish line - I won't put anything out until it's completely ready. You want to keep it special and unique for the customer.
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I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person.
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I felt that Balanchine was my father towards me. He was the person I most admired and looked up to.
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I'm not a very fast-paced person.
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When improv is bad, it's excruciating to watch, and to be involved with it is a unique type of torture.
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I wish I was a wealthy person. I wish I could self-fund.
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I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.
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A powerful person is equally cool with their flaws and things that aren't powerful about them at all.
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Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.
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There's something really unique about 'Orphan Black' is that it has a lot of female leads, so it's about a lot of women's stories, but it's not women's stories in terms of trying to find a guy or keep a guy; it's about entirely other things.
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I never wanted to be that person who leaves 'SNL' and nothing happens.
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I am just a quiet reclusive person who has managed to hang around for a while.
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I started out typing and filing and answering the phones for a little nine-person firm. And that nine-person firm gave me my chance to find my own way.
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She raised me to not think of men and women as different. She raised me without gender. It's kind of the reason she named me Billie. It's not about being a strong woman - it's about being a strong person.
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We must have something of substance to say in our worship [services] that reminds us why Christ's story is so unique and so utterly essential.
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When you're acting, it should be the most important thing that's going on. But when you're not, leave it alone.
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When I was a kid, while touring East Berlin - back when there was an East Berlin - I got my left foot stuck in an escalator in Alexanderplatz. A few hours later, thanks to blowtorches and chainsaws and East German soldiers and the U.S. Embassy, my foot was released, and I along with it.
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No one can replace a unique person like Peter.
