Alan Alda Quotes
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If you say something that undermines the stability of the country, then you have to be held accountable.
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Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction, even if people liked it, because I can only duplicate myself.
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.
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I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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I run a solid 4-6 miles at a time, and over the last year two years I've gotten really into SoulCycle. It's sort of an evolved form of spinning.
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Genius always finds itself a century too early.
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I did my thesis on clowns. It's a powerful thing when you've got this little red nose on. It's a mask, the smallest in the world, but it unveils you. You stand up there and do these exercises that free you, let you play, and see what comes out. What comes out is the truth.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
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Frankly, I don't understand the monthly magazines that continue to publish news that is two months old and which has already been reported on ad nauseam online, including on their own websites.
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The general belief is that communists in the United Nations come only from the Iron Curtain countries, but this isn't so. We must remember that many of the representatives of free countries are members of the local Communist parties. If you add them all up, you will see they have an amazing degree of control.
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I got a psychology degree from USC, but music is just my whole life.
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Oh. Yes. There. Is. A. Lot of pressure. As a solo singer. Absolutely.
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We know the fans love us to death, and the people that hear out music love our music.
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My soul desires a pre-industrial world, and since I can't have that, I don't really care for anything material.
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I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise.
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I'm usually convinced that what I'm working on is a total disaster.
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Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road, which is written from the viewpoint of a serial killer.
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I wouldn't live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.
