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'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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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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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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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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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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You always have some weaknesses, if you're entirely happy it means you're under-driving it.
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What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one?
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A lot of things can't be modeled very well.
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Each time that Donald Trump promises to come forward with something, when you actually get to the point of disclosure it seems as though there's a lot less that was promised for the press and particularly for the public to understand.
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Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries.
