Alan Alda Quotes
I come armed with a really good ignorance. I don't strive toward ignorance. I come by it naturally.
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I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mum, too, but there were areas that she and I did not share. So his loss to me was huge, personally and professionally. He believed in me, not just as a father, but as a director, and that always meant a lot.
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I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.
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I say I have Spanish in me, but I'm not just Spanish. I'm proud of my ethnicities, and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.
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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own, so become framed themselves.
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I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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If you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you'll add eight to 24 years to your life.
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The good people look for challenges. When teaching becomes a prestigious profession, then you'll get good people.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
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My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense.
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I grew up in New York City - I grew up surrounded by every sound that you imagine can come from a New Yorker. All of the different boroughs and all of the different sounds.
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I am just an actor, but there are these other people who are really selfless. I come from a long line of nurses in my family, and they really do a thankless job.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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I have a specialized racing bike, which is great because it has a solid build, is comfortable to ride, and is lightweight.
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Among pacifists it was above all the English who always insisted on the importance of disarmament. They said that the man in the street would not understand the kind of pacifism that neglected to demand immediate restriction of armaments.
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One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you.
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The average ordinary citizen can do a lot of different things when it comes to the climate crisis.
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I share Alfred Nobel's conviction that war is the greatest of all human disasters. Infectious disease runs a good second.
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If I was going to do Fall Out Boy, I wanted it to be a real outlet for my writing.
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I come armed with a really good ignorance. I don't strive toward ignorance. I come by it naturally.
