Viggo Mortensen Quotes
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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They didn't even like Margaret Thatcher but at least there was Margaret Thatcher. There have been women, you know, Sonia Gandhi for heaven's sakes in India.
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This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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My wife is a painter, musician, and fiber artist. We married in 1993, and as she worked, I found that my reading about art was helping me understand what she was doing, just as seeing her work gave me a language with which to speak of art.
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You still stand watch, O human star, burning without a flicker, perfect flame, bright and resourceful spirit. Each of your rays a great idea - O torch which passes from hand to hand, from age to age, world without end.
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What was the first name of the Houston club? It wasn't the Astros. It was the Colt .45s. A lot of guys now will say Colt 45 is a beer. But it was also a pistol, and it went right with Texas.
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I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went on long ago in that building.
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Eventually, Nixon ran a very centrist presidency, not a Goldwater conservative presidency.
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The team is in great shape, the coaching staff, the front office. Just things feel really good chemistry-wise across the board.
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That which comes and goes, rises and sets, is born and dies is the ego. That which always abides, never changes, and is devoid of qualities is the Self.
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You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.
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A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.
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Watching TV produces low levels of satisfaction because it doesn't challenge you. Instead, do something that raises your self-esteem. Tap into your 'signature strengths' - things you're good at or passionate about.
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I'm really a big fan of HBO and Showtime shows, so I wouldn't mind being on an edgy show... where I could challenge myself to do gritty stuff - a homeless guy or just some guy with a lot going on who's got problems. It's more fun to do as an actor.
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Yet did that Antiochus, who was also called Dionysius, become an origin of troubles again.
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I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.
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They have so many great horror movies made in the '80s. I mean, the old-school horror is so good.
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My son, Sanjay, and I discuss a lot of things. Like, he gives me feedback on my films and what his friends say at school.
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Every age has its happiness and troubles.
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God gives not kings the stile of Gods in vaine, For on his throne his sceptre do they sway; And as their subjects ought them to obey, So kings should feare and serve their God againe.
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When you hire a nanny, the question you ask yourself is, 'What's best for my precious child?' And do you really want someone who feels that your motive in life is to minimize the amount you spend on your child?
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Adapt and overcome.
