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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I don't know what's with me and the 'of God' shows. It's hard to tweet about, because I guess 'God' triggers some kind of filter.
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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 loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things.
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This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.
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I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail.
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I'm a fast writer.
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I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit theaters to work out pacing and mood.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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I had a happy childhood and acceptance in the community.
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I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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You play a part, and as soon as a movie is over and the camera stops, you go home and you're not really responsible for what you've done.
Nastassja Kinski -
Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward.
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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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Not only do I not want to be stereotyped as this Asian girl who fights - gee, what a wonder - but also I have more to offer than that.
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I don't initiate violence, I retaliate.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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He wasn't into one-night stands, he wasn't into scoring just to see if he could, he wasn't into acting just charming enough to get what he wanted before cutting loose in favor of someone new and attractive. He just wasn't like that. He would never be like that. When he met a girl, the first question he asked himself wasn't whether she was good for a few dates; it was whether she was the kind of girl he could imagine spending time with in the long haul.
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My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.
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I sort of look at acting like that: if you have no confines, you have everywhere to go.
