Viggo Mortensen Quotes
I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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I made all my generals out of mud.
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When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and the melody and the harmonies and take them as they come.
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The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument may be distant from our shores, but it will help us understand how healthy marine ecosystems work and how we can revive troubled seas closer to home.
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I like it when my wife is in her jeans, with very little makeup. But, I also appreciate the range - the different ways she can look. The moment she walks out all dressed up and... whoa! That's always good.
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Paris and Nicky Hilton? Those girls will show up to the opening of a phone book. It's like a big joke.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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Have you noticed the physical resemblance between Imran Khan and Gaddafi? If you were making a movie of the life of Gaddafi and you wanted a slightly better-looking version of Gaddafi, you might cast Imran Khan.
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I don't deny the importance of genetics. However, the fact that I might be altruistic isn't because I have a gene for altruism; the fact that I do something for my children at some cost to myself comes from a history that has operated on me.
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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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I think when you see 'Ridiculous Six,' the show speaks for itself in terms of its treatment of American Indians.
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My skin still crawls if you call me a movie star. I get embarrassed. I think, don't be ridiculous. Maybe it's because I'm British. To me, Julia Roberts that's a movie star. But when people do call me one, that, I think, is an enormous compliment but, my God, is that a responsibility!
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All of my relationships have happened organically with people who are super cool and in my life and it just moved into a relationship zone.
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If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.
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I'd never stop traveling, and I love bringing my family along with me. My children have points of reference everywhere, friends from Milan to Los Angeles. I think it's really fun for them.
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I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.
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My job was to get a fair and open hearing to all ideas.
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My wife will tell you it's the little things, like driving my boys to school on my days off so she can rest. We're not into PDA, but every time we end a phone conversation, we say 'sarang,' which means love in Korean.
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By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown.
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We should never be allowed to forget that it is the customer who, in the end, determines how many people are employed and what sort of wages companies can afford.
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Something, or something awful or something wonderful was certain to happen on every day in this part of Africa.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
