Top 19 River Phoenix Quotes

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Music is my main goal, but I'm not going to rush a reco

Music is my main goal, but I’m not going to rush a record out. There are so many actors who have come out with albums these days. I don’t want to do it because it’s the thing to do. I want to wait until the time is right.
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Music is a whole oasis in my head. The creation process is so personal and fulfilling.
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I can’t on my own change the regime in South Africa or teach the Palestinians to learn to live with the Israelies, but I can start with me.
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I wouldn’t eat a hamburger for 40,000 dollars.
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I don’t want to die in a car accident. When I die it’ll be a glorious day. It’ll probably be a waterfall.
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I would never, never do anything unless I believed in it.
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I’d like to play every type of character, but only once. I like to expierence things.
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It’s a great feeling to think that I can be a friend to so many people through my movies.
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People wonder if I’ll always be a part of this family and the answer is yes. My family has a lot of good energy going in one direction and because of it, we get a lot of things done. That’s why I’ll always spend a lot of time at Camp Phoenix.
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It still strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else’s sexuality. It’s like telling someone else how to clean their house.
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I’m really normal. I play football, go to the beach, drive. We have dogs. I can imagine people calling me a character, but I’m Joe Straight.
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I sometimes lie, especially about personal things, because what does it matter? I am a kind of minute commodity, my name is no longer my own.
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When I was old enough to realize all meat was killed, I saw it as an irrational way of using our power, to take a weaker thing and mutilate it. It was like the way bullies would take control of younger kids in the schoolyard.
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When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it’s kind of a big name to hold up when you’re nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think, ‘This kid’s really weird’.
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Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace.
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We were constantly moving to different countries and adjusting to new things. It was such a free feeling. I’m glad I didn’t have a traditional upbringing.
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Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn’t like selling products I didn’t believe in.
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I have a lot of chameleon qualities, I get very absorbed in my surroundings.
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I did my best work in The Mosquito Coast. I know it wasn’t such a big hit, but for me it was more meaningful than anything else I’d ever done.
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