Viggo Mortensen Quotes
A lot of times, movies that are in the top 10 lists or maybe even win Baftas or Oscars, you then watch them a year later and you go, 'Maybe it wasn't so great.'
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
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But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
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I was unbelievably lucky.
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It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.
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The only way to get to the other end of the pitch is to belt it and then belt it again.
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We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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I have a necklace with a golden key, given to me by my sisters, which I always wear.
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Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant or rather ordinary. Perhaps you don't see how they fit into the big picture for your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose for it.
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Kids need time for problem solving, critical thinking, applying knowledge through project-based instruction, working in teams, falling down and getting right back up to figure out what they didn't understand and why.
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This next song is only dedicated to beautiful people here tonight. That means all of you. Thank you for coming along... and making this a great occasion.
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There are really only two ways to teach. You can inspire the student to voluntarily and enthusiastically choose to do the hard work necessary to get a great education, or you can attempt to require it of him.
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Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings; a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and organs, they become naturally only objects of sense.
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Great wealth could make an enormous difference over the next decade if they sensibly support the scientific elite. Just the elite. Because the elite makes most of the progress. You should worry about people who produce really novel inventions, not pedantic hacks.
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I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there.
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A lot of times, movies that are in the top 10 lists or maybe even win Baftas or Oscars, you then watch them a year later and you go, 'Maybe it wasn't so great.'
