Viggo Mortensen Quotes
I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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I want to direct what I feel is interesting - not what is supposed to be my zone.
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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The resolution has made a real threat of war go away and opens the way for further work in the interests of a political- diplomatic settlement of the situation around Iraq.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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Being incarcerated is truly very serious, and it has changed my life to such an extent that breaking the cycle has become my sole focus. Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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In my early 20s, I was a big fan of Theodore Dreiser and might be one of the few people on the planet who have voluntarily read all his novels.
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The best way to help the Latino community is to give back. I love giving back; I'm quiet about God and what I do, but we do a lot in the Dominican Republic.
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The groundhogs are pretty good at eluding. If somebody is trying to come after a ground hog, they go and they burrow.
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I don't think anyone wants to look in the mirror and say, 'I'm anti-woman.' They don't see themselves that way, and you can't treat them that way. But you have to tell the truth.
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E-governance is easy governance, effective governance, and also economic governance. E-governance paves the way for good governance.
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When leaders throughout an organization take an active, genuine interest in the people they manage, when they invest real time to understand employees at a fundamental level, they create a climate for greater morale, loyalty, and, yes, growth.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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May the Lord our God prepare us for every event, then comes Life or Death - it is no great matter.
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Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously.
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A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.
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Occasionally, a re-enactment is a fine thing. I love Civil War re-enactments.
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Those golden minutes before you are completely awake, when your mind is just drifting, you have no censorship; you are ready to develop any kind of idea. That's when I come up with the best and worst ideas. That is the privilege of being a writer - that you can stay in bed for an hour in the morning and it's work time.
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When one learns a different way of dealing with the situation, one no longer has to have a purpose. One is not on the way to somewhere. Or rather, one is on the way and one is also at the destination at the same time. That is really what meditation is for.
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I'd make a bad preacher.
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If I had to choose between a narrow-minded woman or a man who was an enlightened thinker, I would vote for the man.
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I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.
