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Than Quotes by Alan Alda
- Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
- I'm an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger. What works for me is working out when it's useful…
- It's really clear to me that you can't hang onto something longer than its time. Ideas lose certain freshness, ideas have a shelf life, and…
- 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…
- On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters - words…
- I think I look better in a suit than a loincloth. So that may define some of the parts I play.
- When I got recognized as a writer, when I got the Emmy, I was more excited than the Emmys I had gotten as an actor.
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- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle