James Purefoy Quotes
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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Wearing nice lingerie makes me feel really glamorous. I love to splurge on that.
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The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.
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The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity.
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Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.
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Israel has a security concern involving geography. But geography does not have the same value it did in 1967.
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I've been in elementary education for years and my belief is that Christmas pageants in schools are little more than conditioning kids for the Christian religion.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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Hope is the raw material of losers.
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People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
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The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing your true self. Ego, the false idea of believing that you are what you have or what you do, is a backwards way of assessing and living life.
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Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
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Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
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It's funny the things the Internet likes to proclaim.
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If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.
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You're gifted to do something.
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There's no such thing as 'too much TV,' unless we're all spending more and not watching more.
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Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.
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In a perfect world, I would never give another speech, address, talk, lecture or whatever as long as I live.
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One of my favorite beauty products is Vincent Longo Water Canvas creamy blush. I have it in every color and I've been using it for 5 years and that's all I put on when I leave the house. It looks so natural I just put a little bit on my cheeks to give them some color.
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When Trump attacks the news media, he's kicking a wounded animal.
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I don't like improvising on camera, particularly, but very often, a scene will not be working, and you rehearse it once or twice, and you realize something's missing. So I'll play with it until it makes sense.
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I'd have given ten conversations with Einstein for a first meeting with a pretty chorus girl.
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I'm not a big fan of patterns. I like the unexpected.
