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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.
Alan Alda
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Alan Alda
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: January 28
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I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.
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I have thought about punching people out. Sometimes, I've thought, 'Why don't I just act on that impulse?' But then, I've never hit anybody in anger. Hey! I've never hit anybody for fun.
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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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I wouldn't live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.
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