James Purefoy Quotes
Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different routes.
Quotes to Explore
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity.
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When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.
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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
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I write poems, I meditate. I don't live up to people's expectations. I don't do the conventional cool things - I know I am the coolest person.
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I like playing with that space between laughter and discomfort where your discomfort can also make you laugh, and you're confused about the mixed feelings. That's challenging, and I think that's what makes for some of the best art.
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There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don't think, Oh God, I'm missing something.
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I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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I don't remember scenes. I'm like, 'Really, we shot that?'
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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As a child, I was hyper, I was a clown and I was sensitive. Today I'm all of the above, except I've refrained from bouncing off the walls.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong. Your tongue moves, and the Arabic language is so beautiful.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical assumptions, which make it impossible to prove them right or wrong in the way we can with theories in physics or chemistry.
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The hardest thing to do and most miserable films are comedies.
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I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.
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You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite stand up like you think you might.
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I want to score in every game and win things. That's the most important thing.
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You are victors, not victims!
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In acting, every day is different, and I guess it appeals to my storytelling imagination. But I've been very fortunate to get the chance to do what I want to do and earn a living from it to pay the mortgage.
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This much I have learned: human beings come with very different sets of wiring, different interests, different temperaments, different learning styles, different gifts, different temptations. These differences are tremendously important in the spiritual formation of human beings.
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Every year lays more earth upon us, which weighs us down from aerial regions, till we go under the earth at last.
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Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different routes.
