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Alan Alda Quotes

Backstage life is terrific training for an actor, seeing shows from the wings.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: January 28, 1936

Topics

Life Training Wings Seeing Actor

I've always felt like I belonged, and you need affirmation every now and then.

You Now Need Always Affirmation

I think there are some people for whom words are like food.

Joe R. Lansdale

Food Words People Think Some People

When there is a mission before you, you see it from its beginning to its conclusion.

Beginning Mission You See Conclusion

I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with.

Mayer Hawthorne

People Me Always Sure Tour Made

In swimming, everyone calls me grandma, because I'm the oldest there. Then with my friends, I'm the youngest and I'm the baby. It's definitely bizarre.

Me Baby Swimming Friends Everyone

You see something, then it clicks with something else, and it will make a story. But you never know when it's going to happen.

Story You Know Will Never See

The president and the administration had a duty to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, but powerful constituencies of the president did not want the president to defend it. And unfortunately, politics trumped duty.

Marriage Politics Powerful Want Duty

If you have extremes of haves and have-nots where the gap keeps growing, the have-nots group together and create social disorder, as they can't see a way out of their situation.

Together You Situation Create Group

As long as the food is well prepared and not overdone, I think it tastes good. It doesn't matter if it's Chinese, Japanese, anything.

Good Food Think Long Matter Well

When I finished performing 'I Won't Give Up' for the first time, I opened my eyes, and I think there was maybe six people in there when I started, and when I finished there was about 30 people, all standing around with their jaws dropped in complete silence. I said, 'Okay, I think this song has some power to it.' So coffee shops work for me.

Work Power Eyes Time Coffee Silence

When I look back on what I did for the Left, I'm in a small way quite proud of some of it - I only wish I'd done more.

Christopher Hitchens

Small Proud Wish Look Back Done

There's a very thin line between rock and funk. Funk is like a dirtier blues, and so is rock. They're close cousins.

Blues Rock Cousins Line Like Funk

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