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You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Business Business School Major Now Out Product School Selling Want Whereas You

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The President never intends to get into any kind of war situation. He gets carried away by events.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Any Away Carried Events Get Gets He Kind Never President Situation War

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M*A*S*H' was a collection of people, in front of and behind the cameras, that really clicked.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Behind Cameras Clicked Collection Front People Really

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Why would you give money to somebody whose work you don't understand?

~Alan Alda

Topics: Give Money Somebody Understand Whose Why Work Would You

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I'm condemned by some inner compulsion to think about the daily rituals of my life. I have a low grade fever for improving myself in many ways, including everyday tasks.

~Alan Alda

Topics: About Compulsion Condemned Daily Everyday Fever Grade Improving Including Inner Life Low Many My Life Myself Rituals Some Tasks Think Ways

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I love oatmeal. To me, it's not boring. I agree that ordinary oatmeal is very boring, but not the steel-cut Irish kind - the kind that pops in your mouth when you bite into it in little glorious bursts like a sort of gummy champagne.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Agree Bite Boring Bursts Champagne Glorious Irish Kind Like Little Love Me Mouth Oatmeal Ordinary Pops Sort Very You Your I Love

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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. Not as somebody with a particular idea to sell, or something like that.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Acting Actor Always Doing Get Good Good Actor Good Writer Idea Like Particular Seen Sell Somebody Something Try Want Wanted Writer Writing

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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.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Actor Emmy Emmys Excited Got Gotten Had More Recognized Than Writer

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I don't miss directing at all, and I don't miss screenwriting either because somebody's always telling you to do something different.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Always Because Different Directing Either Miss Screenwriting Somebody Something Telling You

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I wouldn't live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.

~Alan Alda

Topics: California Live Makes Sterile Sun You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: January 28th, 1936

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