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It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.
Alan Alda
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Alan Alda
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: January 28
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Musicals are hard for me because I got thrown out of the glee club in high school, because I couldn't sing in tune at the time. I can sing in tune now, but I have to work really hard on it to make sure that I don't exercise one of my great talents, which is the ability to sing in three keys at the same time.
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You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.
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And I think belief is one of those things that comes to people in their own way. And just because I believe in something doesn't mean I think that you should.
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I'm in this wonderful position where I can do what interests me. And whatever comes along that interests me, I do. The rest of the time I bother scientists about communicating.
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