Thor Heyerdahl Quotes

We must wake up to the insane reality of our time. We are all irresponsible, unless we demand from the responsible decision makers that modern armaments must no longer be made available to people whose former battle axes and swords our ancestors condemned.

Thor Heyerdahl

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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When I look back on my reading habits when I was really young, I was really drawn to stories about strong girls who in some ways are outsiders.

Jesmyn Ward

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The way I approach the character isn't about being gay or straight. It's just about who you love. Gender has very little to do with it.

Mia Kirshner

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I'm always exhausted after a show, even if it's just half an hour.

Tove Lo

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It's not publicly known, but antivirus companies co-operate all the time. On the surface, antivirus vendors are direct competitors. And in fact, the competition is fierce on the sales and marketing side. But on the technical side, we're actually very friendly to each other. It seems that everyone knows everyone else.

Mikko Hypponen

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What happens with 'Mad Men,' it's like an Elvis Costello album; I'll watch it, and then I immediately have to watch it again. AMC will play it back-to-back. I have a tendency to yell at it when my wife's not around because if she catches me yelling at 'Mad Men,' then it gets weird.

Michael Weatherly

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My dad never really played basketball, but now he's my biggest critic. I come home, and he says: 'Why didn't you shoot there? Why didn't you drive?'

Dirk Nowitzki

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I had a lot of great moments with David Haye.

Deontay Wilder

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If you see yourself as entitled to a resource, and if you're not willing or incapable of seeing this other as a being with whom you can and should be in relation with, then you're going to take the resource.

Derrick Jensen

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Animation is a fascinating area from an acting point of view because it's not really like anything else because you are only providing a portion of the performance. That's very inspiring and it forces you to do things in a different way - to tell stories through your voice.

David Tennant

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Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me. I was just inherently funny when I was a kid.

Pauly Shore

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I don't know how many years I can still play. I have to listen to my body and see how it feels.

Li Na

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Men tend to listen in what I call a reductive way, which is to say for a point, for a solution. You know, we like to have a problem and solve it. Bang. Thank you very much. On to the next thing.

Julian Treasure

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