Thor Heyerdahl Quotes

I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesn't occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their own willpower and strength are willing to sacrifice their lives for an idea.

Thor Heyerdahl

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: explorer
  • Nationality: norwegian
  • Birth: October 6, 1914 - April 18, 2002

Topics

StrengthSacrificePeopleUniform

Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that's not always a biological parent or family member. It may be a friend or neighbor. Often times it is a teacher.

Joe Manchin

FamilyFriendTeacherChildCaring

When you do a really good play, the audience and the performers are looking into the same looking glass, the same microscope. And the specimen they are looking at is human life and that's why I do it, that's why I like it.

John Malkovich

LifeGoodLookingYouPlayWhy

It takes a lot of adrenaline and fear to make me actually write.

Maureen Dowd

FearMeWriteAdrenalineMakeTakes

Every woman is different when they go through menopause, and... I didn't know emotionally how I would feel.

Angelina Jolie

WomanFeelGoKnowThroughWould

I feel like more artists like me should be on the radio. Everything is, like, so controlled by, like, super popular music. You know what I'm saying? Like, c'mon.

Travis Scott

MusicMeSayingFeelYouKnow

Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

NothingDifficultOneselfDeceiving

I'd say people that really inspired me at first were like, Dustin Hoffman, Jim Carrey... serious Jim Carrey though.

Logan Lerman

PeopleMeSeriousSayFirstLike

Let's be honest. Physicality is going to have a bearing on the parts you get. And if you think differently, you're in the wrong business.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

BusinessThinkYouWrongGoingGet

My brother is 10 years older than me, so whatever he listened to is what I listened to, and it was all rap.

Jon Bellion

BrotherMeYearsWhateverRapOlder

The truth is really funny. It's uncomfortable sometimes, it's dramatic sometimes, but it's really funny. Life is funny.

Chris Messina

LifeFunnyTruthTruth IsSometimes

The thrill of hearing your own voice recorded is still there, I still love it, going into the studio and thinking how can I sing this song and between the producers and the musicians you find a way of doing it.

Cliff Richard

LoveSongVoiceThinkingMusicians

My family thought it was insanity for me to go into the theater rather than to get an education.

Clarice Taylor

FamilyEducationMeThoughtInsanity

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