Alan Alda Quotes
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?
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I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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I'm not actually even a very good singer. I'm not.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes.
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I can do whatever I want.
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Writing this record let me recapture who I am. It is summed up in the title Be Not Nobody. You need to feel comfortable in your skin and do whatever you need to do for yourself, to heal or to grow.
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The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
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I get very bored easily. I'm a child of the Internet or whatever; I want more and more of new and interesting things.
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There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. 'In the Mood for Love,' though, reached all the way to my belly.
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I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
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There's no way you can win when you're the president; you've got to be the scapegoat for America's issues.
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We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.
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My head is massive. My head is, like, off the charts.
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England is very, very important to me, because in my family the English could do no wrong. When my father picked a mistress, it was always an English girl: if he made her pregnant, she could be shipped back to England and he would not be held responsible. It never happened, but I've made a lot of work called The English Can Do No Wrong.
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I don't actually have problems dealing with corporate situations. There are times I've railed against it, but there are other times when I'm like, 'I'll take your money, no problem.'
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People are always angry at anyone who chooses very individual standards for his life; because of the extraordinary treatment which that man grants to himself, they feel degraded, like ordinary beings.
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Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.
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If I can't get the girl, at least give me more money.
