Alan Alda Quotes
Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm used to very low-budget situations. In 'The Exploding Girl,' we were literally changing in Starbucks because we didn't have trailers.
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I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes.
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Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.
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I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable.
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Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
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If you go back and watch 'The French Connection,' it's been cannibalized so many times. There are certain movies like that, where you see the original and think, 'This isn't so great.' And the reason it isn't so great is because everyone has copied it.
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The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'
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Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.
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The mean pattern of educational and economic achievement within multi-racial countries such as Canada and the United States has increasingly been found to prove valid internationally.
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The essence of architecture is form and space, and light is the essential element to the key to architectural design, probably more important than anything. Technology and materials are secondary.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable.
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The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.
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If you don't know much about the field, you're able to ask a set of questions that an expert would never ask, and that allows you a very different thought process and a fresh approach.
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U.N. Security Council resolutions are only as effective as their enforcement.
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I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the best job you can get in terms of money, that's too bad, you know. Because frankly, it's not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice.
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Harry Dresden/Waldo Butters: Polka will never die!
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People need to understand that the Lauryn Hill they were exposed to in the beginning was all that was allowed in that arena at the time. I had to step away for the sake of the machine. I was being way too compromised. I felt uncomfortable having to smile in someone's face when I really didn't like them or know them well enough to like.
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Good-humor makes all things tolerable.
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To understand pretending is to conquer all barriers of time and space.
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Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries.
