“As you get older, you get stuck in your ways; just as you become stiffer physically, you also become stiffer mentally and more narrow-minded unless you make a conscious effort to keep yourself flexible.” WayEffortConsciousStuckFlexibleNarrow-minded Author:Viggo Mortensen
“Having a mixed background and feeling a little bit like a fish out of water in most places can be a benefit.” LittlesFeelingsBitsWaterBenefitsLittle BitFishesBackgrounds Author:Viggo Mortensen
“I look at my job as looking at the world from points of view that are different from mine - sometimes radically different from mine.” WorldLooksDifferentSometimesJobsViewsMinesPoint Of View Author:Viggo Mortensen
“People are becoming more intimately acquainted with people who are different than them - it's not so unusual anymore.” PeopleDifferentBecomingUnusualBecoming More Author:Viggo Mortensen
“When I was 11, I moved to the United States with my two brothers and my mom. We moved to northern New York, up near the Canadian border, from Argentina, and there was nobody there that spoke Spanish, and because there was no internet at the time, not even cable TV yet, I lost the connection with my childhood friends and the culture I had been brought up with for my first decade completely.” FirstsTwoStatesCultureLostUnitedUnited StatesChildhoodNew YorkBrotherTvsMomInternetConnectionsMovedMy MomDecadesBordersSpokesCablesArgentinaTwo BrothersCable TvChildhood Friend Author:Viggo Mortensen
“Because of the internet, satellite TV, and the digital world, you can stay in touch, you can learn about other people from a young age.” PeopleWorldAgeYoungTvsInternetDigitalYoung AgeSatellitesDigital World Author:Viggo Mortensen
“A.I. poses a potential threat more dangerous than nuclear weapons.” DangerousWeaponsThreatNuclearNuclear Weapons Author:Judy Woodruff
“The field of artificial intelligence is pushing new boundaries.” FieldsBoundariesPushingArtificial IntelligenceArtificial Author:Judy Woodruff
“I'm not very pious about anything, fortunately, but I'm skewering myself first. I'm skewering things that I care about and things that are important to me and then just my own foibles.” FirstsImportantCareMy OwnI CarePiousFoibles Author:Paul Beatty
“Every once in a while, someone would call me a foreigner or a Yankee, or whatever. In the United States, someone might say something, like how kids do, to point out that you're different. That would come as a surprise to me. As you get old, you either get defensive about it or you accept it and you reach out, because you realize the world's full of people like that.” PeopleWorldDifferentStatesMightKidsRealizingUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesSurpriseCall MeReach OutYankeesForeignersOld You Author:Viggo Mortensen