Joaquin Phoenix Quotes
I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
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Most Americans have no memory of the designs Franklin Roosevelt's New Dealers had for postwar-American foreign policy. Human rights, self-determination and an end to European colonization in the developing world, nuclear disarmament, international law, the World Court, the United Nations - these were all ideas of the progressive left.
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It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The colour was associated with the devil, and the pale skin which most redheads have was thought unnatural and deathly.
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I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
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We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.
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I was supposed to be women's lib, and now I'd exceeded it and gone over into international politics.
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People love my collard greens. They love my macaroni and cheese. They love the gumbo. They love my Jamaican jerk or my Jamaican curry chicken. They love the jerk, though. And they love my Mexican food.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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I've always been drawn to the idea that small choices in our lives could have drastic effects on our future.
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I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
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I very rarely came across rude or disrespectful people. I don't know how I slipped by all of them, but I honestly can't think of one experience off the top of my head that was like that. I'm sure they're there, but I'd have to think really hard to recall them.
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I love creating characters and becoming someone else entirely.
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A strong team can take any crazy vision and turn it into reality.
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One of the best things I get to do is meet people that have been to the shows and listened to the music. I still don't indulge in the social media side of things, so that's my way of starting conversations - actually hearing people talk.
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I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.
