James Purefoy Quotes
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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At school, I was a tomboy, and it would be me and all my guy friends.
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Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
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An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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Emilia Clarke has beautiful brunette hair.
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In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'
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The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries.
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My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.
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You can be aware of the passing of time without being nostalgic.
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Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?', and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead.
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In graduate school, I was a student of E.L. Doctorow, and he had us read 'Moby-Dick' in a week.
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To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.
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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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Somerset is where I call home, and where I feel most myself.
