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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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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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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When it comes to the Cowboys, I always play great against them.
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We don't see ourselves as just a place where we come to worship but as a beacon and a bearer of the culture and a bearer of what makes us a people. But I like to say that this is not necessarily unique to us. It is really what America is all about.
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I'm extremely blessed. There's a lot of people trying to exactly what I'm doing, but I'm a part of that 9.1 percent that's actually having their dream come true. I just don't take that for granted.
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Threats that could wipe out the bulk of life on earth abound. Planetary catastrophe could come in the form of a killer asteroid impact, the eruption of massive supervolcanoes, a nearby gamma ray burst that sterilizes the earth, or by human-driven environmental collapse.
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Shoes are the first adult machines we are given to master.
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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.
