Summer Phoenix (Summer Joy Phoenix) Quotes
I sort of look at acting like that: if you have no confines, you have everywhere to go.
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I feel like I personally have been lucky.
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There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most prominent one of the community, the master's master, the genius of the age.
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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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I do not want to do a role which is similar to the previous one or the concept and the genre.
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I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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In 2005 in Iraq, the constitution was written. A new government was elected. That government was trying to take office in 2006.
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After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic nor historical, but it emphasized writing style, and afterwards I was asked to write my first book.
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The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
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The true test of a man's style is the haircut. There are some men who look good no matter how their hair is styled, whether it's trendy or not. A man can change his haircut many times, but to pull off any haircut, you have to be very chic. Like Brad Pitt.
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I actually think I need 'Homeland' rehab. And that Ray Donovan. I think I've watched every episode more than once. Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Wright and Jon Voight have made me fall in love with acting again.
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I've become very, very liberal as far as war is concerned. It's just too terrible. I've been to wars and I've seen what happens. I know what it is to be hurt, and it's nothing compared to these guys. To be blind for the rest of your life. To have prosthetic limbs.
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It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.
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I like to do one thing at a time and do it to the best of my ability.
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I have a real passion for many aspects of home lifestyle and beauty.
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I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there?
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My thing is to execute the given play, execute the game plan to the best of my ability. If the option is for me to make a play when I have to, I will. Or I'll put myself in the best situation to do so.
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My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on.
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Personally, my twenties were a complete waste of time. Professionally, I hope some good came of them.
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The wonderful thing about acting is you move along with your decade. The older you get, the more interesting the parts you get to play and you bring more of your personal experience to the part.
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I think I have balanced hosting and acting pretty well.
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Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely.
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I sort of look at acting like that: if you have no confines, you have everywhere to go.
