Viggo Mortensen Quotes
When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there.
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Being Bob Marley's son has done many things for me, in terms of having a career in music. I'm very proud of my music, and I'm very proud of where I'm from. People hear that I'm Bob Marley's son, and they turn on my music to listen just out of curiosity.
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
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I'm a big handbag lover and will always have one with me.
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I don't know what I want to do. There are people who want me to do things. There's a possible book. There are lots of things to consider. I just have to figure out what I want to do. I'm not one to sit around and do nothing.
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As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.
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That's what Kiss is all about - not just music, but entertainment, y'know? We're there to take you away from your problems, and rock and roll all night and party every day for those two hours you're at the concert.
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The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.
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Whatever its flaws, the United Nations is still the only institution that brings together all the countries of the world. And it is the best forum for the United States to spur countries to act - and to hold them accountable when they don't.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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Coming from where I came from, I was born naked with no teeth. Now I have everything.
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I like excess. And giant M&M's.
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Always just remember that you can never know all; you're always going to be learning; there's always going to be something new. I don't think you'll ever have it all figured out.
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I think it's probably a good lesson for other people to follow - to not always make the decision that's popular for others, but to do what you feel like is the right thing to do.
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The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!
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I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.
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The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a law.
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The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.
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Youth is no less vulnerable, by the very quality it has of making the heart ache that beholds and has lost it.
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People's attitude seems to be that if you don't have a television, you're not connected to reality - somehow you're not in reality. It's quite interesting, because I suspect that possibly it's the reverse.
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What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes.
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When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
