James Purefoy Quotes

I was fortunate enough to do an HBO show, 'Rome,' in which my arc was built in by historical fact, and over the course of 22 episodes, we were able to tell the stories of these people. We had a beginning and middle and end, and as we went on, you changed every week.

James Purefoy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 3, 1964

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Nobody tells you Rwanda looks like Tuscany with its tiled roofs.

Joanna Lumley

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I think it's time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth.

Joe Wilson

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I'd like to work with kids in special education - younger kids.

John Madden

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Life teaches you that you need to make decisions in the right time - not too early, not too late.

Jeb Bush

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I'm a comedian first. I've learned how to act. I just draw on life experiences and that's how I've learned. I didn't take classes or anything. I don't need no classroom.

Steve Harvey

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'The Girls' tells the story of Rose and Ruby Darlen, who are not only literally but spiritually attached for eternity. Born joined at the head in 1974 to a feckless teenage mother who abandons them, and reared by a delightfully open-minded adoptive couple, the Darlen girls are darling girls, indeed.

Stacey D'Erasmo

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I'm from a nice, suburban, middle-class family, but my tattoos remind me where I've been.

Tom Hardy

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Literacy is so much entwined in our lives that we often fail to realize that the act of reading is a miracle that is evolving under our fingertips.

Maryanne Wolf

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I did every odd job you could possibly imagine: Holding a sign in the rain for 14 hours straight, sweeping up cigarette butts, pouring coffee, running around - anything I could to be on a film set. I wanted to be in the business. So I'd say, 'You need that job done? Fine,' and I became indispensable to people.

Michelle MacLaren

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I did a cover of the James Bond theme, and I felt like such a fraud, because the original is so good.

Moby

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When I shop, I only do it when I really have to do it for something. I don't like to try on clothing like that - as much I love looking fly.

Ciara

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I love going back to cities where I had a strong fan base - like San Antonio, Minneapolis - those were really good fan bases, like Iowa and Chicago.

Bret Hart

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