Alan Alda Quotes
Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won't do what you've done before.
Alan Alda
Quotes to Explore
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The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.
Gary Zukav
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Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.
Vidya Balan
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I don't follow anything blindly. I have to know the entire thing, if I have to get in to it. It might sound funny to you, but it's like using English language. I use an English word only when I know its meaning and understand its connotation. You won't hear me say, 'What's up, dude' or anything like that just for the heck of it.
Kailash Kher
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
Nancy Astor
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Each of the bracelets I wear is from a long trip I've taken. One is from Nicaragua. One is from Nepal. One is from Guatemala. One is from Laos. They don't come off. I walk into a lot of very high-level boardrooms now, and I present to distinguished conferences, but these bracelets remind me of the places I've been and the people I've met.
Adam Braun
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Napoleon Hill
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
Laura Linney
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
Abraham Verghese
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
E. O. Wilson
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I'm not dark; I'm not. The main thing I consider in accepting a role is less the tone of the movie and more whether I think it's a good film, whether I like the character and whether I think I could do it. I don't think, 'Oh, I've done X amount of dark films.'
Rachel Hurd-Wood
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
G. Edward Griffin
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Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
Barry Sanders
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Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.
Hans Eysenck
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.
Kara Walker
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A smile is just such an amazing thing. And to think that some of those people can now smile because they can see you, that gives me that sort of charge, energy... that's what powers up my batteries. That's the joy that I have and that keeps me going. That's my rocket fuel, I suppose.
Gabi Hollows
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The object of leadership may be stated as having a system whereby a leader recognizes what is good for the good of the government, for the good of the nation, for the good of humanity, and recognizes the qualities he has and what he can do within his own limitations. He cannot do, and should not attempt to do, the impossible, but he should not fail to attempt something that might be extremely difficult and may be possible.
Arleigh Burke
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Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won't do what you've done before.
Alan Alda
