Viggo Mortensen Quotes
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The metaphor for Palestine is stronger than the Palestine of reality.
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Women must not shout back when their husbands come home and shout at them for any reason.
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Atmosphere, not action, is the great desideratum of weird fiction. Indeed, all that a wonder story can ever be is a vivid picture of a certain type of human mood.
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C Kalyan has been amazing and totally committed as a producer.
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After college, I went into the NBC Page Program. It's one of those great programs that allows kids to get their feet wet in every area of the business.
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The French complain of everything, and always.
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I've taught myself how to use good, fresh ingredients and to prepare them as simply as possible by cooking only to enhance their intrinsic flavors.
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I'm not Mr. Mom, but there's just certain things I won't say anymore.
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Politics is a good thing!
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I love Jared Hess' movies. He's such a weirdo and such a nice, funny guy.
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I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
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If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.
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Integrating breakthrough technology into everyday products is always a challenge; at the same time, this is exactly how design makes tech products easily adoptable in life.
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Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that.
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I've been thinking about Jesus. Don't you find it a bit strange that, since He was living with His family and all, He up and left them just when they needed him most?
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Maui reminded me of San Diego: beautiful, but crowded.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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When you're doing superhero stunts, the objective is to look as cool as humanly possible.
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In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.
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Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind.
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I see a steady downward slope toward oblivion over the next three years. I'm pessimistic. Everything that's happened to me so far has been kind of flukey. I went into Twentieth Century because I wanted to work for Hal Prince. The part was too small according to my agent. I had been doing only leading parts, and he thought I should continue that. But the part was enlarged in rehearsal: songs were added, and it became more physicalized and showy. Then I won awards and got attention.
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We British have reached the state where the private sector is that part of the economy the government controls and the public sector is that part that nobody controls.
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Most actors can't make any kind of living.