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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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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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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What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous.
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I love to be in front of big galleries.
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The big push for me is the Olympics this year. If I'm healthy, I'm not worried about my ranking. I think I can hit the ball. It's just about my body cooperating. It's about being able to play matches in a row. Right now, I'm not sure how much I can do with that, but we'll see.
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Stimulation-wise, I might be a little bit addicted when it comes to pushing my body to extremes.
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All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose.
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If what you're doing today is moving you closer to your passion, then that's wonderful.
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I love my shape because I work really hard at it. I honor my body by working out and seeing what it can do.
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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.'
