James Purefoy Quotes
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.
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There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it.
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I was lucky enough to go home and raise our babies.
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Free people make the only milieu possible in society for the full gift of one's self to church, state, and family. Free people enjoy and sustain and feel with one another because they live for one another. The paths of life are intermingled lives.
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In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition it was the Spanish Jews who thrived after their conversion to Christianity.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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The day the producers aren't minting money, or the fans are done with me and, most of all, I as a person get bored of acting, I will stop and pursue my other interests. There is a lot to do: painting, writing, direction.
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I have a tendency to think that when you portray baddies in movies, they come out more human than good guys.
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I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
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Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could be, much, much better than they are.
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Look, the justice system is made up of people. People have faults. It's not perfect.
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I've not really spent much time in proper studios. The room itself where you're recording, and how you live while you're there is what appeals to me.
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My involvement in the political arena is to make sure there's a place for culture.
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Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
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We are great believers in the idea that the Internet can help bring justice, but justice varies from place to place across the world.
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Together, we will determine the course of America and the world for years to come. We will face challenges. We will confront hardships. But we will get the job done.
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All I really want to do is entertain people out there sitting in the dark and for them to believe it.
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When in the Land of Property think like a propertarian. Dress like one, eat like one, act like one, be one.
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The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime.
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I love all things Apple and have done since 1996.
