Viggo Mortensen Quotes
'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.
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Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.
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If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.
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I love 'Husbands and Wives,' Woody Allen's movie. It's like one of my all-time favorites. I could watch it over and over again.
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George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were gay, just for starters. They didn't have a name for it, but their primary affections and intellectual attractions were all for other men.
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For me, clean fuels translates into cleaner air for Oregonians. I think that's a good thing.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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The stigma that was once attached to things society deemed unhealthy served the purpose of making them undesirable. With the stigma gone, many people see little reason not to do whatever feels good at the moment.
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I think where it's going is toward what the music industry is like, where channels will be considered more like labels that carry the type of TV show that you like, and then you'll consume them however you can. For example, I don't really watch Showtime, but I bought 'Homeland,' and I've been watching every episode on my iPad.
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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Ah me! Love can not be cured by herbs.
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Finally, I want to make the point that we are Republicans. We are the majority. It is going to be a little more difficult because we have to govern and come up with ideas.
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My family didn't have any money growing up. I'm just a girl from the ghetto; from Indio, California.
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We know specific genes are turned on in specific cells, but we don't know to what extent this happens.
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There is a unique freshness when eating buckwheat noodles cold with plenty of herbs and citrus acidity. I can't think of any better use of chopsticks on a hot and sweaty evening.
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I think it's great fun sometimes when I am playing golf, just to give it a little uch, is to bet the other guy five bucks a hole or something like that.
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The road to success is always under construction.
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We must learn two things. One is to see ourselves as others see us. We apply one yardstick when we wish to appraise other people. Secondly, we cannot succeed in anything if we act in fear of other people's opinions.
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I needed to really grow up myself so I could be the woman that my daughter deserves.
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I love being a mum. Sometimes I just wish nobody knew who I was.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.
