Alan Alda Quotes

I think most people are interested in our origins; once we understand, it might be easier to become the people we'd like to be. Or, better, become the people we think we already are.

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• It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
  • People
  • Important
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• I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.

  

  Harmony Korine
  • Inspiration
  • Movies
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• In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • People
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• I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing.

  

  Parker Posey
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• Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.

  

  Frances Beinecke
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• The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.

  

  Dale Carnegie
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• Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.

  

  Ian McShane
  • Heart
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• I'm very close with Bob and his lovely, fabulous wife Catherine, too.

  

  Sally Kellerman
  • Wife
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• It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.

  

  Ian McLagan Small Faces
  • Up
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• You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.

  

  Olly Murs
  • Time
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  • Right Time

• I listen to 'deep dish house'.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • House
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• My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.

  

  Federico Fellini
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• I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.

  

  Gabriel Iglesias
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• We use the same possessive pronouns for everything, but do we own our lives or sisters or husbands in the same way we own our shoes? Do we own any of them at all?

  

  Samantha Harvey
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• No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.

  

  Mahesh Babu
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• All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

  

  Napoleon Hill
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• I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.

  

  Cameron Mackintosh
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• There is no rule in the pink-triangle guide to coming out that you must wear a rainbow flag cap and organise a full band parade.

  

  Mary Beth Patterson
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  • Rainbow

• When you have an American mother from the Midwest and an Egyptian father, you travel back and forth and see such completely different stories in the news about the exact same events. It makes you think, 'How is anybody able to understand or even have a dialogue when the basis of information is just so completely different?'

  

  Jehane Noujaim
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• The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.

  

  Abraham Maslow
  • People
  • Good
  • Security

• We make violent cops, we make violent criminals, and no wonder we have shootouts in slums all of the time.

  

  Jose Padilha
  • Time
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• An interesting thing about drugs is often, when a new drug is discovered, it takes a long time to figure out how do you do it.

  

  Terence McKenna
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• I think most people are interested in our origins; once we understand, it might be easier to become the people we'd like to be. Or, better, become the people we think we already are.

  

  Alan Alda
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