Joaquin Phoenix Quotes
I've worked with a lot of people on music and often times those things don't work out.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I wouldn't mind going somewhere and taking a president position and signing acts and taking the attention off of me and taking what I've learned in my career and applying that to another person's.
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If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
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Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work.
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Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.
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I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting.
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Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.
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I don't compare myself to anyone else; I don't make comments about anyone else because they do what feels right for them, and that's okay by me.
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People have a right to violence, to rebel, to fight back.
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In Colombia, women are a huge factor for reconciliation. I have seen many strong women advocating for negotiations. I remember when the paramilitary were active, there were women close to the paramilitary asking for negotiations.
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I had a couple of movies that I was passionately involved with that I could never get made. 'Richard Pryor,' I wrote for - gosh - over a year. That was close to getting made for two-and-a-half years after that. We're still pushing it, you know. It is weird. Suddenly you wake up and it's like, 'God, five years have gone by.'
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It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
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I love the feeling of having as close to a steady job as you can ever have as an actor. I'm not an extravagant spender, so when I work on a TV show for a season or do a bunch of episodes as a reoccurring, I try to spread the money that comes from that out so that I can do these movies that are important to me.
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I've worked with a lot of people on music and often times those things don't work out.
