Ella Purnell Quotes
There's a joke in my family that I'm going to make a career out of playing other people's younger selves.
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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What I love is dropping into someone else's life and exploring it.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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Being in the spotlight, you know, you tend to kind of forget who you are. And being an artist... it could be a very superficial job. It could be very pretentious as well.
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I love to see a wood full of bluebells. Growing up in the Kent countryside, I have special memories of this brief annual spectacle.
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It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.
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Don't know if I'm a nerd - I'm more of a geek.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor.
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I think probably the majority of political actions don't go the way people are going to go. Just because there were unexpected consequences and maybe not the resolution people would have liked to have been seen doesn't mean it was less valid of an action.
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Never be shaken, no matter what happens or what others may say. Never be flustered; never lose confidence. This is the way we should strive to live our lives. Being able to do so is a sign of genuine character.
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I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.
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Philosophy, while it soothes the reason, damps the ambition.
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There's a joke in my family that I'm going to make a career out of playing other people's younger selves.
