Joaquin Phoenix Quotes
Well, I haven't signed anything giving people the right to do anything they want with my image, you know what I mean. I have the ultimate say.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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I was an expert horseman.
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I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.
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Nothing makes us love a person as much as praying for him.
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I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny – I looked like me.
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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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Any powerful technology can be abused.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.
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It's always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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Imagine: in the medieval ages, there was no evidence of how the history of mankind has been affected by witchcraft. But there is significant factual history of how brutality and sadism of mankind have been displayed in the most obscene manner in the name of witch-hunt.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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I approach 'Fast & Furious 6' the same way I would approach a Sidney Lumet film. Getting into character's getting into character.
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God guided me to America and gave me a good job. But he also gave me a heart so I would look back.
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If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.
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It's ironic, really. Guys should be excited that I got Kristen Bell. If Brad Pitt gets Kristen Bell, it's like, 'Well, of course he did.' With me, it should be, 'Oh good, a normal-looking guy got her. Maybe I'll get me a Kristen Bell.' But guys hate my guts for always dating women I have no right to be with.
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I think the buzz of acting is playing people different to you, and for me, that means traversing all genres.
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But I warn my colleagues that we will fail in our efforts to protect the homeland if we do not take additional steps to avoid a trade-off between protecting ourselves against terrorists attacks and preparing for and responding to natural disasters.
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Frankly, I think if I won the lottery and won a billion dollars, I'd still want to continue doing this job. I love expressing myself through it. I've gotten to really love acting. And I've gotten to know Big Bird from the inside out so thoroughly it's like playing my kid. I can't imagine deliberately stopping.
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Well, I haven't signed anything giving people the right to do anything they want with my image, you know what I mean. I have the ultimate say.
