James Purefoy Quotes
I wasn't accepted the first time I tried to get into drama school. I said, 'I'll give this one more shot... and if that doesn't work, I won't bang my head against this painful brick wall.'
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I'm a proud family man.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
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As the platform and protocol become more ingrained in society, get built into products and services, and basically become more of the mesh of society, just like the Internet, companies and people will need to own Bitcoin to play on its rails.
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My brother and I have always had this theory that, as stupid as it sounds, in video games, there is a certain hand-eye coordination and a thought process that you can learn.
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I don't go cheap on anything, but I'm not a shopper. If I want something, I look at it, decide what it is, but it will usually be the best product. I've got a pair of loafers that I still wear that I got in 1957.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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When you decide to do this kind of music then you just accept the facts.
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When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
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I guess taking a stand is valid for a commentator. But that's not what I am.
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Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals.
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Finding the meaning of life is easy. Simply get a dictionary, go to the 'L' section, and find the word 'life.'
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It's not what you see on-screen that makes a performance. It's the things you should never know about - it's the secrets.
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I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.
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I deferred my third-year studies from university to go full time sailing to try and qualify for the 2012 London Olympics, which I did. I tried to go back to the university, but having won the silver medal, I just haven't been able to get back. And now I'm not sure if I ever will.
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I wasn't accepted the first time I tried to get into drama school. I said, 'I'll give this one more shot... and if that doesn't work, I won't bang my head against this painful brick wall.'
