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 didn't read many comics as a kid - I've always been a really fast reader, and I would fly through a comic book in a few minutes and be so mad that it ended so quickly. But now that I've been in the business, I tend to look at the panels so much more carefully, and realize that so much of it is about the art; I don't think I got that before.
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Could she learn to like this guy? "“It's nice to meet you." Kylie plastered a warm expression on her face. But she worried he could tell it was a sham. "The pleasure is all mine," he said. Kylie just smiled. He was completely right about that.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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I am proud to be a woman. I am sensual, nurturing and compassionate woman. I am a woman of my word and I love who I am.
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An election in which people have to wait 10 hours to vote, or in which black voters wait in the rain for hours, while white voters zip through polling places, is unworthy of the world's leading democracy.
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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.
