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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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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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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I love the smell of Burger King when I ride past, but sometimes I have to avoid it.
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I want to be strong. I want to be able to hit people. I want people to be able to bounce off me. When I go out there and play, I play to intimidate people. If someone gets hit down by me, they're going to think twice about coming near me again.
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Good news is not news. Bad news sells. Confrontation sells. And that's what the press is always looking for. I'm not bragging, but I have the highest job-approval rating of any public official in the city. And I've had it consistently. The approval rating for the police department is 70 percent. This notion that stop-and-frisk has torn the community apart is false.
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We aren't hiding anything, ... We're prepared to completely inform the U.N. secretary-general and world community of how things really stand.
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Geniuses are people who notice things and connections between things which others haven't noticed. Genius must be a surprise.
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Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries.
