Joaquin Phoenix Quotes
I think the day that I become comfortable doing interviews and going on talk shows is the day that I don't know what it is to be a human being anymore.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.
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I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.
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I wasn't ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?
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I'm not worried at all about going to 160 lb.
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I think it's funny because on 'Glee Project,' there's that added pressure, but with 'Glee,' there's no element of competition. No one's trying to dance better than anyone. But there's that added pressure of, 'So many people are going to watch 'Glee' this week. If I don't nail this dance, I look like an idiot.'
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I think audiences will always like bad guys who kill for no apparent reason. We just like to hate them.
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We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.
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I feel like I've set the bar fairly high, and I want to keep living up to that bar.
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You make observations, write theories to fit them, try experiments to disprove the theories and, if you can't, you've got something.
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I love apple juice.
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I hate television, but that's me. It's like sucking your thumb. It's a wonderful thing for keeping the masses enslaved.
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I would like to, especially in film, play against type and do some heavier stuff. I'm intrigued by projects that deal with problematic people and things.
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When I auditioned for Tim Robbins for 'Cradle Will Rock,' the young girl who read with me was very young, and I said to Tim, 'I'm sorry, but I don't have enough imagination to pretend this girl is my husband!' And he said, 'Well, I'll read it with you.' Which was very nice; he was the director. And I ended up getting the part.
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'The Marrying Season' is the final book in the 'Legend of St. Dwynwen' series, and in each of the three books, a small village church in the Cotswolds plays a significant role.
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Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.
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Aircraft are always going to be something that terrorists are interested in because you bring down an airliner, you have drawn the world's attention.
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The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them.
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That ear - I mean, Jesus, he's got to will that to the Smithsonian.
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I always knew I wanted to dance. I started ballet when I was three years old, and I just knew it was something that I loved and that I wanted to do.
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The lesson is the importance of never becoming untethered to oversight and accountability.
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I think the day that I become comfortable doing interviews and going on talk shows is the day that I don't know what it is to be a human being anymore.
