Viggo Mortensen Quotes
I'm very comfortable in Argentina. I was raised there as a baby and stayed there until I was 11 years old, so the first decade of my life or my formative years were spent in Argentina. I stayed in tune with the food, music and language.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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You need to let your hair produce its own oils and be healthy.
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The entrepreneurial bug had already bitten my son Ankur by the time he got to college. As a lifelong entrepreneur, I certainly didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm by telling him he couldn't do it, but I also wanted to make sure it was balanced with the proper attention to his studies.
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In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.
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The weakness in traditional Scottish nationalism lay in its own inability to grasp that identity could not be the only factor in the march to independence.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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Enough to using Texas as a political laboratory for testing far-right ideas. Enough to using Texas as a workshop for fattening the wallets of their special interest friends and supporters. And enough of politicians listening only to each other, rather than real Texans.
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If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.
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I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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The United States has grown into a remarkable nation specifically because of our independent spirit and free market.
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By understanding and harnessing the forces that drive human behavior, you can create a self-sustaining philanthropic effort that reaches millions of people. It begins with an entrepreneurial attitude: take an idea and execute on that idea. If it doesn't work, learn why and build on what you've learned.
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I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners.
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Looking back, I spent a lot of time sitting in pubs when I should have been perfecting my playwriting.
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There is a circus around politics. But if you think it is a game, then you forget what the purpose of politics actually is.
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Preservation Hall is the sound of joy. When they start playing, people start moving.
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I'm very comfortable in Argentina. I was raised there as a baby and stayed there until I was 11 years old, so the first decade of my life or my formative years were spent in Argentina. I stayed in tune with the food, music and language.
