James Purefoy Quotes
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Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.
Sally Quinn -
It's so much in me to want to keep experimenting all the time. It's just inherent. Therefore I keep reaching for instruments I don't particularly know how to play, and then I become excited.
P. J. Harvey -
If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.
Olivia Wilde -
The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?
Dan Quayle -
When I first went to 'National Geographic,' I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because of my parents and the culture of continual learning they imposed on us, I later came to believe I was the most qualified person who ever worked there.
Sam Abell -
But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
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My mom is, for 89 years old, is extraordinarily open-minded.
Caitlyn Jenner -
Animated editorial cartoons are completely different from static editorial cartoons.
Walt Handelsman -
I like commas. I detest semi-colons - I don't think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long ago. I found I didn't need them, they were fly-specks on the page.
E. L. Doctorow -
A show that no one thought had a chance has just finished its fifth year: Charmed. I think it's tougher for the younger networks, so I think they have a little more patience for the sake of the show. But who knows?
Aaron Spelling -
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
Baltasar Gracian -
You sometimes use the excuse, 'I'm a writer, dammit, I can do anything I want,' but that doesn't work.
Sam Shepard
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Wearing modest clothing is a belief, and I'm not going to say that every Muslim woman is in my shoes, but the majority of us do have a choice.
Halima Aden -
Every woman feels she is too old and has missed the boat.
Felicity Kendal -
Acting is everybody's favorite second job.
Jack Nicholson -
I think they are grooming me as another Gary Cooper.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees -
Africa’s progress will also depend on security and peace - because an essential part of human dignity is being safe and free from fear.
Barack Obama -
Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.
Thomas Otway
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Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.
Aristotle -
I read more books for research purposes, whether it's a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies.
Jim C. Hines -
My faith is the grand drama of my life. I'm a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no faith.
Olivier Messiaen -
In Paris, where I live, the inner neighborhoods are only available to the white elite. The poor and dispossessed are shuffled out to suburbs and never seen.
Janine di Giovanni -
Ring tones are just irritating, aren't they?
James Purefoy