Alan Alda Quotes
It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It's a picture of somebody trying to figure things out. I'm not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn't interest me.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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Actually, I'm not a gym rat. I'm not a gym person - I've never been. I've always been blessed to be thin. If I'm waiting for the kettle to boil, I'm doing 15 lunges.
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I think initially, the record industry struggled a lot with digital media because there are a lot of aspects to it that can potentially destroy our industry.
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I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.
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Daring is not safe against daring men.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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If I couldn't broadcast baseball games, I think I would make a good impression on people.
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How does one get bored of life?
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Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
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It's always hard to break an independent picture from the pack.
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I love dive bars, old movie theaters, live music and good food. The simplest things in life for me are the most important.
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How can a child adhere to school and the notion of secularism when they see their mother rejected from a school outing, stigmatized, left on the sidelines, just because she has a scarf on her head?
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As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.
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A lot of us simply disengaged from politics altogether, but then we woke up and went wow, wait a minute. Why does that insane conversation get to dominate? Who made those people the creators of the conversation? And how can we start a new one?
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Money only buys the illusion of power. Real power is in the force of will - will strong enough that others bend to it for its own sake, and follow it willingly. Power that is won through deception will evaporate under the hot light of truth.
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And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.
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They told me, Heraclitus, they told me you were dead, / They brought me bitter news to hear, and bitter tears to shed.
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Women, you need to understand something. Men are not as dumb as you think they are.
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It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It's a picture of somebody trying to figure things out. I'm not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn't interest me.
