James Purefoy Quotes
I really do want to just be able to sit in the corner of the pub with my friends... to just be an actor and still go to the supermarket and not get bothered.
Quotes to Explore
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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The willingness to be self-critical in England is much greater than the willingness to be self-critical in America.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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I don't think about fights that didn't happen.
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I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm.
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I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.
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My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it.
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Pain is the most private experience, but its causes, whether natural or man-made, demand public accounting.
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I think the most rewarding part for me is kind of not knowing where the story's going next, and then finding out and being blown away by it.
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It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
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Science is defined in various ways, but today it is generally restricted to something which is experimental, which is repeatable, which can be predicted, and which is falsifiable.
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Man, I have had so much plastic surgery, I don't even recognize myself, sometimes. If I catch a glimpse in a window or something, I think it is someone else.
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In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
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I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.
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Nothing really changes: the individual's ability to project his message or throw his weight around remains minuscule.
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When you talk to an author - to any artist, really - you learn something about how they do what they do. I've never come away from that kind of experience feeling disillusioned, as if the magician had explained his tricks. I always find a greater appreciation for the form.
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Christ should leave us. He is too much with us and I don't like his friends. We have no hope of recovering Christ until Christ leaves us. There is after all something worse than being God-forsaken. It is when God overstays his welcome and take up with the wrong people.
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I secretly love the song 'No More Tears.' It's my go-to karaoke song that I do with all my friends.
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I really do want to just be able to sit in the corner of the pub with my friends... to just be an actor and still go to the supermarket and not get bothered.
