"In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for 'Scientific American Frontiers.'"

-- Alan Alda

#Mountain Quotes #Chile Quotes #Blockage Quotes

“Nature, I have constantly argued in my work, is the real superpower of this godless universe. It is the ultimate disposer of human fate, randomly recarving geography over 10,000-year epochs.”
“The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.”
“I know that I am a black man in a white world. . . I know that I never had it made.”

Source : I Never Had It Made introduction (1972)
“I'm a songwriter first...In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious...Sensitive, humbug. Everybody thinks I'm sensitive...There is a downside to having one of the biggest-selling albums ever.”
“Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. We should live for the future, and yet should find our life in the fidelities of the present; the last is only the method of the first.”
“Life is incredibly short, yet we're always told that change takes time. For a race of mortals, dicking around just isn't acceptable.”

Source : Ted Rall (2001). “Search and Destroy: Cartoons”, p.107, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“If everything is going well in my life then I start to read the papers more and I start to worry about everything I can't deal with. They say wisdom is knowing what you can fix and what you can't change. I'm very unwise.”
“In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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