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Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.
Alan Alda
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Alan Alda
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: January 28
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Alphonso Joseph D’Abruzzo
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For a while in my teens, I was sure I had it. It was about getting to heaven. If heaven existed and lasted forever, then a mere lifetime spent scrupulously following orders was a small investment for an infinite payoff. One day, though, I realized I was no longer a believer, and realizing that, I couldn't go back.
Alan Alda
Be brave enough to live creatively.
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After a while I started to think of that as an image of something that went a lot deeper than the dead dog, which is you can't bring back anything to life.
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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.
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Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you.
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Don't be upset that it takes a long, long time to find wisdom because nobody knows where wisdom can be found. It tends to break out at unexpected times like a rare virus and mostly people with compassion and understanding are susceptible to it.
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Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.
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I really don't like plays or movies that service propaganda.
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The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart.
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I don't really worry about the size of the part much any more. It's nice to have more time to work on the character, and to have big scenes to play. But if there's something playable there, and if it's interesting to do, then that's nice.
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If I can't get the girl, at least give me more money.
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Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work.
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War is war and Hell is hell, and if you ask me, War is a lot worse.
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What then are doing if not creating a better place together? I think, for me the key has to be, what do I want to create? What is it I want to leave behind?
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Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
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What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing. When I'm writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer.
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Our lives depend on good communication. Good communication helps personal relationships, it helps bosses and employees get along better. We rely on it.
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Republicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone - they just don't do it.
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Be brave enough to live creatively . . . what you'll discover will be wonderful: yourself.
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If you don't listen deeply, the connection won't take place.... [You have to be] willing to be changed by the person you're listening to, where you're not just waiting for a pause so you can say your thing, but you're actually letting them have an effect on you if they can.
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