James Purefoy Quotes
Airport security is a particular bugbear. At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man, while I can see that averting terrorism is manifestly important, the measures taken seem, simultaneously, absurd.
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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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Actors are greedy. They can never be satisfied. I want praise as well as box office returns.
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I come from a place where everything about me, even my body language, is saying: I mean you no harm. I smile, I laugh. Basic stuff for most people.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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Guys play basketball and get hurt, and that's probably the easiest sport on the planet. We're actually fighting every day. We're wrestling; we're grappling.
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The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy.
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Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.
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A resilient culture has a certain amount of resistance embedded in it. Not so much to capsize it, but enough so that it doesn't atrophy.
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The thing is that pictures are everywhere. The question is what we don't see, and why don't we see so much. I just see it.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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The older you get, the better you have to look, the higher you have to kick, the harder you have to work.
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It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.
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I know what it feels like to be a victim of domestic violence.
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Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.
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The thinnest I've ever been was after I had my appendix out, during the London run of The Seagull. I went down to 112 pounds and realized my brain doesn't work when I'm that thin, so I can't do my job. That's why, when I came out here, I never had that whole Hollywood pressure thing.
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A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
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The idea of seeing everybody clad the same is not really my cup of tea.
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Parents should be the most important examples for their children.
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The back story of a songwriter isn't important to me - I don't listen to music needing to know who the guy is.
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I think it's very important to have the stewardship of a company by a family member.
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I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.
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Airport security is a particular bugbear. At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man, while I can see that averting terrorism is manifestly important, the measures taken seem, simultaneously, absurd.
