Viggo Mortensen Quotes
When I land in a country and they ask for 'occupation,' I always just put 'artist.' I think that covers all of it.
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My lesson from history is that if there is a strong moderate centrist party which can lead the country, there is no room for extremists from the right or left.
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For me, the greatest fault would be to tell somebody something I'm not.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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It's okay to be a fat man. It's prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control.
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Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.
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I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
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One day, the dance charts will be the biggest chart in the music world. Because we all need to dance. This planet will be a fun planet when the judges in court will end the day with a dance!
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I work extremely hard to stay positive and happy. But I get sad and anxious, too, just like everyone.
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I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
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I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
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You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember and others you would like to forget.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.
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I always believed that whatever had to be written would somehow get itself written.
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Where are the young people today? Why are they allowing some of the things that are happening in their country? I am really upset about that. I feel that they are burying their heads in the sand of electronic games and television. They don't want to know. Maybe they realize that their yuppie parents who protested Vietnam have turned on their ideals and are now struggling to buy a Lexus or whatever. These kids don't know what to revolt against, so they just completely ignore it, which is a very frightening thing.
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I love to drive. My present to myself from 'The Tudors' was a red Mazda MX5 hard-top convertible. I loved that car, and also what she represented - my first success.
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I've been known to do lunges down hotel hallways. I also like to use the ice bucket in the hotel room as a medicine ball.
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When I land in a country and they ask for 'occupation,' I always just put 'artist.' I think that covers all of it.
