Mike Bartlett Quotes
The worst thing is where the world people experience before they go into the theatre is far more interesting than what they encounter on stage.
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Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.
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I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it.
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You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
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I feel like every word I say now, I can really inspire people.
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Leaks are always bad news.
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I have a lightsaber at my front door for home protection. I have an 800-watt electric skateboard that I use to run errands in my neighborhood. It can go about six, seven miles, so depending on how much time I have, and how much I have to carry home, I'll take it really far. I love that thing.
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A lot of people assume that women of a certain age who are not unattractive have no excuse for not having a perfect life. But you can have emotional baggage that is dragging you down like cement blocks tied to your feet.
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Education is the development of power and ideal.
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Millions of animals are euthanized every year because shelters can't find homes for them. Buying animals from pet stores also tends to support puppy and cat mills, many of which have deplorable conditions for animals, which shouldn't be tolerated.
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I was just a mini-star when we did 'Gone With the Wind.'
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The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.
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One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
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I really think that as good of a job as you do as a writer, you're absolutely indebted to the actors that have to deliver that material.
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Kids deserve arts, and it's just as important as science, math, history, English or athletics.
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Fashion as King is sometimes a very stupid ruler.
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It's not unusual for socio-economic, even racial or ethnic, groups to cluster.
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When I was coming up in high school, if you wanted to be in the musical it was during the winter, so I had to choose between playing basketball or being in the musical. And I ended up playing basketball.
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My favorite thing to do is eat and eat well.
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The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.
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People go out to the vigil for their own individual reasons, but primarily it's to pay our respects and share our grief collectively.
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The worst thing is where the world people experience before they go into the theatre is far more interesting than what they encounter on stage.
