Mike Bartlett Quotes

If people are going to spend a night out at the theatre, they don't just want 'good' - we can watch box sets for that - they want it to be totally remarkable.

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• More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Men
  • Earth
  • Taken

• I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Book
  • Know
  • Famous

• To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.

  

  T.I.
  • Time
  • Man
  • Way

• You have to train people how to be business innovators. If you don't train them, the quality of the ideas that you get in an innovation marketplace is not likely to be high.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • People
  • Business
  • High

• Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.

  

  Damian Woetzel
  • People
  • Live
  • Soul

• I think if you play a character that is fearless, then it's boring. I think that's what was so incredible about Harrison Ford, is that he always seemed like he was never going to survive it, he's always scared, and yet he always does survive it somehow.

  

  Oded Fehr
  • Character
  • Think
  • Fearless

• No officer should be allowed to behave as if they are above the law just because they are responsible for upholding the law. Permitting and protecting even the smallest acts of abuse by a tiny fraction of our officers leads to a culture where extreme acts of abuse are more likely, just like what happened to Laquan McDonald.

  

  Rahm Emanuel
  • Culture
  • Law
  • Abuse

• I'd have to say the biggest transformation would be my schedule. I'm really, really busy, but it's a lot of fun.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Fun
  • Transformation
  • Busy

• I've made a bit of a career taking daunting projects out of Lego. I've done things like a dinosaur skeleton and stuff like that.

  

  Nathan Sawaya
  • Done
  • Career
  • Dinosaur

• God blesses him who helps his brother.

  

  Abu Bakr
  • God
  • Brother
  • Him

• Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere mortals can't do that!

  

  Ice Cube
  • Movie
  • Step
  • Next

• No religion is responsible for terrorism - people are responsible for violence and terrorism.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Violence

• To be understood is to prostitute yourself.

  

  Fernando Pessoa

• What is freedom? There is no such thing as absolute freedom!

  

  Benito Mussolini
  • Freedom

• One of the things I noticed while I lived in New York City was how different the kids and teens were that grew up there versus, you know, my suburban upbringing. They have this innate resilience and toughness to them, and they're incredibly self-sufficient, usually from a pretty young age.

  

  Alexandra Bracken
  • Up
  • Different
  • Kids

• Topshop is the best. I don't know how I'd live without it. Most of my clothes are from there.

  

  Poppy Delevingne
  • Live

• The first thing I do each morning is get out of bed and give my dog, Audrey, a hug. She's a Jack Russell. I think having an animal is a wonderful thing, particularly dogs. They are great levelers, there's no nonsense with them, and they just want simple affection.

  

  Donatella Versace
  • Great
  • She
  • Simple

• I like Akon, I like some of Lil Wayne when he uses that funky voice. Anything progressive.

  

  Afrika Bambaataa

• I've always been full-figured in a not-boyish way.

  

  Emily Ratajkowski

• I feel like for me to write songs that I would be interested in as a listener, there has to be tension, and there has to be some kind of push and pull between reality and the potential of disaster.

  

  Jason Isbell
  • Reality

• We on the left have forgotten that the question is not how do you get good people to rule, most people who rule are mediocre at best and usually venal. The question is how do we make those in power frightened of us and not be seduced by formal political processes.

  

  Chris Hedges
  • People
  • Good
  • Power

• The best way for women to acquire knowledge is from conversation with a father, a brother, or a friend, in the way of family intercourse and easy conversation, and by such a course of reading as they may recommend.

  

  Anna Letitia Barbauld
  • Women
  • Family
  • May

• When you just work tactically, in pure football sessions, you can see the way they can think football.

  

  Jose Mourinho
  • Work
  • Football

• If people are going to spend a night out at the theatre, they don't just want 'good' - we can watch box sets for that - they want it to be totally remarkable.

  

  Mike Bartlett
  • Good
  • Spend
  • Remarkable