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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reported by Trudy Ring, 'Georgia Governor: 'License to Discriminate' Bill Isn't Christian,' The Advocate, March 3, 2016
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My feeling is that the beaches should belong to everybody. Nobody should be able to build anything. It causes erosion. It's a bad thing altogether.
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I'm a lesbian. Yup. Hundred percent. Hundred percent. I remember being in college, and I had fallen in love with this woman, and I remember sitting in my dorm room saying out loud to myself, like, 'You have enough problems. You are not gonna let this happen.' You just kinda, like, stuff it away until - well, some people stuff it away forever.
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I can't wait to design the performance. I want to make a moment that is about much more than me. Performing in space is such an honor. I want to challenge myself to come up with something that will not only bring everyone together but will also have a message of love that blasts into the beyond.
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We want to have the place jumping, ... Traditional British people have to start re-examining themselves and their culture in terms of addressing the new age.
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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.
