Alan Alda Quotes
Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries.
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I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I love the smell of Burger King when I ride past, but sometimes I have to avoid it.
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I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.
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I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.
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For me, the idea of curating can be expanded. Curating science, curating art, music and theater and performance and not only bring those things into art but bring art into those areas.
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The series of photographic operations, developing, washing, final drying, takes about quarter of an hour.
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I'm very proud of 'Valhalla Rising.'
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It is a sad commentary that today we face a choice between having schools that are a monument to our past - or schools that will be the lifeblood of our future. But since that is our choice, let us resolve to choose wisely.
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If nothing else, we grew up loving the old blues artists and Ray Charles.
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When you have one foot in the future and the other in the past, you piss on the present.
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You don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand.
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Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries.
