Viggo Mortensen Quotes
I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously defend it or build on it, it's kind of a dead-end street. You see people becoming miserable that way.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.
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Dick Durbin's a worthy opponent on any debate. He's very intelligent, quick. Knows his facts and puts them forward well.
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I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.
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I wore U.S.A. across my chest in 1976.
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There's a natural antipathy on the part of the voters to a continuation of globalization as we know it. It's simply a code word today for bad trade deals that disadvantage the American people.
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My mother never warned me not to do this or that for fear of being hurt. Of course I got hurt, but I was never afraid.
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I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously defend it or build on it, it's kind of a dead-end street. You see people becoming miserable that way.
