Alan Alda Quotes
We're highly social animals - I'm told by scientists that what makes us different from other animals is an acute social awareness, which is what has made us so successful.
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I would just die if some little girl saw me jump into bed with someone in the movies, and then she did it and got AIDS and died.
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I didn't have outstanding numbers coming out of college and I'm not 6'6 with 230 lbs.
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Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
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Jews had an outsider's eye on a lot of Western tradition.
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Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
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For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
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I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I get homesick.
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The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
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Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.
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For many decades, Myanmar was on the receiving end of very public diplomatic scoldings, often backed up by sanctions.
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I actually didn't really start to get into the research of film until I was much older. I decided I wanted to direct a lot earlier than I started to do the research, which is really strange, but it is the case.
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Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful planning.
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I know that it isn't just violence against women, it's how do we support ourselves and our families, how do we deal with health care for ourselves and our families? It's a bigger picture.
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Making comic adaptations means making a lot of choices - you need to adjust the pacing, the dialogue, and in this case, a lot of the cultural references.
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I love to run, and I actually run quite a bit.
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Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.
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Father's Day was great, but all the family gatherings brought up my mother's death. Maybe it's me, because I am a wimp. We would get together, but there was someone missing!
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In life sometimes we have to let go of the good things so better things can fall into place.
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To have a basic ingredient that can be prepared a million different ways is a beautiful thing.
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The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if it's a true story.
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There's been (if you sort of scan the magazines) announcements of different performers that has come and tried to get the British audience to go crazy, simply by them entering the stage because they had a hit record. It just doesn't happen. That happens in America.
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We're highly social animals - I'm told by scientists that what makes us different from other animals is an acute social awareness, which is what has made us so successful.
