Viggo Mortensen Quotes
I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything.
Quotes to Explore
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You are not indispensable to your church, but you are indispensable to your family.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!
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The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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Oracle's latest database, version 12c, was specifically designed for the cloud. Oracle 12c makes all your Oracle applications multitenant applications without you having to make any changes whatsoever to your applications.
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Even if you throw your hair up in a quick topknot or ponytail, you can add instant polish by wearing a headband or bejeweled barrette.
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Music is really nothing if you think about it - it only becomes something when somebody listens to it. And then it becomes uncontrollable.
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How well you eat and rest helps you analyse your energy reserves.
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If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
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Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight.
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When you want something very dearly, you make the time.
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Slowly but surely, I went through different phases of fame, and each rises you further into isolation and alienation.
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Sometimes you do get caught up in the midst of becoming... a product, a brand, and not having a say in any of that.
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There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals.
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Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Keep near to the fountain-head and with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
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Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.
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I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything.
