Alan Alda Quotes
The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart.
Quotes to Explore
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable.
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.
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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
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We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
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A lot of people who are overweight - not everyone, but a lot of people - are dealing with issues such as emotional issues, stress issues. They become stress eaters and emotional eaters.
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In France and other European countries, film stars are more celebrated. In Germany, if we are good at what we do, we are respected but not acclaimed. And, of course, we are not paid like Americans are.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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I was always interested in fashion and beauty. I was fifteen when I was scouted in a flea market. Two years later, I arrived in New York. I was in awe because it was like another planet.
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I believe that when things are easy, people stay dormant.
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The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
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I'd like to sell out worldwide stadium tours. That'd be something. Or to have sixty number ones on Billboard.
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Christmas cookies can't help but be retro - they are memory first, sugar-flour-egg-redhot-gumdrop-sparkle reality second.
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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Often for hors d'oeuvres, I serve room temperature vegetables, something like that, so that the main course might be quite rich but the first course has balanced it out.
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We would not have invaded a country that did not attack us. We would not have taken money from the working families and given it to the most wealthy families. We would not be trying to control and intimidate the news media. We would not be routinely torturing people.
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Loving one another isn’t enough to make a relationship last. The real glue that holds a couple (or friends or family) together is the effort both put into helping others who are in need of financial, health, personal or emotional assistance. Today, sustain your connection to a loved one by finding ways you both can help others, with a genuine heart.
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A lot of my emotional issues come from dealing with the opposite sex. I've come to terms with the fact that I'll be retired before I can finally enter into a healthy relationship.
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The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart.
