Viggo Mortensen Quotes
In a lot of places in the United States and certainly even more places around the world, the image of the cowboy has become, for some people, a negative one. The word 'cowboy' implies a strong, stubborn individual whose individualism depends on pulling down other people's individualism.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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I crave attention and adventure.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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Watch people, because you can fake for a long time, but one day you're gonna show yourself to be a phony.
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I'm not a children's songwriter. I'm not in that world.
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You really notice how you're growing when you go on tour. To be able to tour around the world, and do bigger venues every year, is really, really cool.
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Grinch had so many people in make up - virtually everybody. We had about 100 people a day for five months. And every day we would use 100 sets of appliances.
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In a lot of places in the United States and certainly even more places around the world, the image of the cowboy has become, for some people, a negative one. The word 'cowboy' implies a strong, stubborn individual whose individualism depends on pulling down other people's individualism.
