Alan Alda Quotes
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I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfless intentions. With the grace of God, I will make a difference.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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Our focus is on helping people develop the skills to find and keep a job. Instead of focusing on a war against poverty, we will focus on fighting for the poor among us by offering them hope and opportunity.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility.
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I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
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Anyone can make an article longer; the skill is keeping it tight and lean.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I have always hated slavery, I think, as much as any abolitionist. I have been an Old Line Whig. I have always hated it, but I have always been quiet about it until this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska Bill began.
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I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.
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I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
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A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them.
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It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
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Arresting development, attacking science, and glorifying poverty is not the answer to the vices that attend prosperity.
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Books are our umbilical cord to life. They connect us deeply, and with more meaning, to the world. They aren't about escaping from ourselves but expanding ourselves and finding within us the tools we need to survive.
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What I did, anybody can do.
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
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What's funny is that you can think you really value your life until you almost lose it.
