“He grew up as a naive little kid saying, ‘I want to save the world’. As he got older he started to realize that it was impossible to do. Nobody can. A lot of people go nuts because they feel the pain and they want to do something about it and they can’t. I think River felt that very intensely”
— Josh Greenbaum
“We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They too are strong, intelligent, industrious, mobile, and evolutional. They too are capable of growth and adaptation. Like us, firsthand foremost, they are earthlings. And like us, they are surviving. Like us they also seek their own comfort rather than discomfort. And like us they express degrees of emotion. In short like us, they are alive.”
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Joaquin Phoenix
River lived to protect ALL creatures.
“We are the last generation of human beings who will have a choice whether or not to save the earth. If we don’t do something to protect our environment, it will be too late for our children to try” — River Phoenix, 1991
Not even a priest who proudly claims to love humanity, who lives for humanity. Do you doubt me?
PET PEEVES: War, cruelty, materialism
BELIEFS: Being good to other people, working for world peace, not eating meat
— Excerpt from a teen magazine, 1987
“He was a teen idol with a message. He signed his name with a peace symbol”
Run to the rescue with love and peace will follow. ❤️🌎 Joaquin Phoenix and Farm Sanctuary rescuing a baby cow and its mother from a slaughterhouse.
✨it's not about career, it's about believing in something. it's about prosperity and it's about caring and emphasizing and wanting to create the best and the most true to real life✨
Due to personal reasons, I will now be regressing back to 2014 me, so if you see me watching old Markiplier videos or listening to Badlands and Crybaby then just look the other way
Save me Brazilian catholic guilt