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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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I doubt that I will get involved with politics. That's something I don't have in me.
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Compared to coal, which generates almost half the electricity in the United States, natural gas is indeed a cleaner, less polluting fuel. But compared to, say, solar, it's filthy. And of course there is nothing renewable about natural gas.
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Primary and especially secondary education is extremely important in preventing trafficking, it allows children to develop critical thinking skills to be able to defend themselves from traffickers and to have the skills that will enable them to have gainful employment to be able to support their families in other ways than being sexually exploited.
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When you are giving people the gospel, you are giving them something to believe, and you have to set the stage for that. You don't just drive up and dump the truck and drive off.
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The whole concept of negotiating is intimidating to many people.
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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.
