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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.
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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.
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I'd have to say the biggest transformation would be my schedule. I'm really, really busy, but it's a lot of fun.
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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.
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God blesses him who helps his brother.
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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!
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No religion is responsible for terrorism - people are responsible for violence and terrorism.
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To be understood is to prostitute yourself.
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What is freedom? There is no such thing as absolute freedom!
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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.
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Topshop is the best. I don't know how I'd live without it. Most of my clothes are from there.
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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.
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I've always been full-figured in a not-boyish way.
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I'm lucky I had parents willing to be open and believe that an 11-year-old might know what she wanted to do. Or maybe they thought I'd find out that's what I didn't want to do.
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Although surgeons know how to deal with bits of the brain, they don't really know how it works.
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I'm especially keen to work with good scriptwriters on stories we have developed.
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I do a lot of things behind the scenes. I do a lot of things that don't hit the headlines.
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We usually say of ancient persons, that they have already one foot in the grave, and the rest of their life is nothing else but the bringing of these feet together.
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I shall begin my march for Camp tomorrow morning. It was not in my power to move until I could procure shoes for the troops almost barefoot.
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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.
