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.

Viggo Mortensen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 20, 1958

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I played the organ when I went to military school, when I was 10. They had a huge organ, the second-largest pipe organ in New York State. I loved all the buttons and the gadgets. I've always been a gadget man.

Stephen Sondheim

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If you look at my Instagram, girls are just beating down my door for tips or a job or mentorship. I can't hire every single one of them. My story is one thing that gives them hope. It's an unconventional story with anecdotes, commonsense advice and a big dose of permission to figure things out for yourself.

Sophia Amoruso

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I just want to work hard, do stuff of the best possible quality and be a great friend.

Suki Waterhouse

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I was gaining weight very rapidly and read about the idea of restricting carbohydrates as an alternative to going hungry. I had a big appetite, so that was the only thing I would even consider.

Robert Atkins

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Going to Cambodia to cover the genocide trials, I did read a lot about the Khmer Rouge; I read a lot about the country and its history.

Michael Paterniti

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I like those kinds of songs that have details that you remember and that have stories that mean something and that open up into different levels philosophically. I like those kinds of movies, and I like those kinds of books.

Jason Isbell

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People are hysterical about the death of newspapers, and I would say, 'They're not dying; they're just kind of reinventing themselves.'

Jared Kushner

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Yes, it's a very difficult thing to do, to promote a record, do television shows, and to still want to remain private, it's really quite difficult to explain to people what you're trying to do. I mean I'd actually quite like to be a recluse, but you know, you've got to promote the record as well.

Chris Lowe

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You have to be literate in today's world. We're not going to get away with not teaching boys to read.

Christina Hoff Sommers

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For me, the toughest thing for kids to deal with is when the parents are fighting. It's not violence on them - it's the feeling of violence in the family.

Avi Arad

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Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

William James

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I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.

Sylvia Earle

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