Margo Jefferson Quotes
Fashion for my mother was about asserting and demonstrating you had aesthetics, tastes, sensibility, manners, beauty - qualities that black people were always trying to prove they possessed, because it was often assumed that we didn't.
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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I feel like the reason people feel like they know me is because I'm giving you myself in the music. There's where the connection comes from; you can't Twitter that.
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I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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Our leaders must hear us speaking on behalf of our brothers and sisters in South Sudan. If the moral duty to save lives and work toward peace is not compelling enough to drive decision-makers, we must remind them that we care and will hold them accountable.
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I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and research the book, download it on my phone and read it while I'm on the road.
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My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the kind of makeshift darkroom that was only dark at night.
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
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When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.
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I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.
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A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.
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I was lucky to have my allergist who diagnosed me with CIU.
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
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Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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I'm not a materialistic person.
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People don't realize that molecules themselves are somewhat hypothetical, and that their interactions are more so, and that the biological reactions are even more so.
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Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.
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Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.
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Whenever people ask me what the story is for my next film, I won't tell and people feel it's because I'm being secretive or something, but it's actually because I'm ashamed to sum up a film in three sentences.
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I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.
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Fashion for my mother was about asserting and demonstrating you had aesthetics, tastes, sensibility, manners, beauty - qualities that black people were always trying to prove they possessed, because it was often assumed that we didn't.
