River Phoenix Quotes

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• I feel that there are great minds up there who would like to see what I can do with an Oscar nomination. I guess many…
• I’ve learned that if you can’t get it all together to accomplish this thing called peace, you do at least your part in your life,…
• I would rather quit while I was ahead. There’s no need in overstaying your welcome.
• 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…
• After Stand By Me came out, people were telling me, 'You're so good,' 'You're going to be a star,' and things like that. You can't…
• We take these animals and completely violate who they are. We use them, abuse them, and deprive them all their lives…then we cut their throats,…
• When I was younger, I was worried about how others viewed me and if I was good enough. I realize now that you can't mold…
• Addiction is not just for bad people or scumbags -- it's a universal disease.
• I would never, never do anything unless I believed in it.
• We need an extreme movement because what is happening to animals is so extreme. Some misinformed people claim that animal rights activists are terrorists, but…
• What I have got from my childhood aren't toys, but memories. And happy memories are better than any toy.
• 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…
• I've been around the movie business, so I can play it cool and all that, but when people are different they have that off thing…
• We're all worth it, man. We're all worth millions of planets and stars and galaxies and universes.
• Although I can't stop all cruelty to living creatures on the planet, I can be kinder to every living creature in my life.
• Sometimes I wish I wasn't as conscious as I am. It would be so much easier.
• Life is multi-layered and there's no way I could do my life justice in one pat answer.
• I don't want to get so lost in thinking about me and talking about me all the time in interviews. It's so nice to unwind…
• My life certainly hasn't been ordinary: different is the word. It hasn't always been stable - except in the important things which are love and…
• I wouldn't eat a hamburger for 40,000 dollars.

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