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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Finally having the freedom to speak is a really liberating feeling.
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I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.
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The big success stories - Facebook, Zynga and Twitter - are leading to investing in ideas on a napkin, because no one wants to miss out on the next big thing.
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I'd like to have a neck. Everyone else has a neck, but I never got one; I don't know what happened. I'm not asking for much: just some sort of separation between my head and my body would be great.
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You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.
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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.
