Margo Jefferson Quotes
So much of what blacks and women contend with is centered in how we view, and how the world views, our bodies. Gestures, voices, affect.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
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Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
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I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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Time puts things in proper perspective.
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I'm the youngest of five – three girls and two boys. There was one record player for the seven of us. It was good for me, because I got to hear everyone else's music.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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I just like a good story. I want the story to be good, and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.
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We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.
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There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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It wasn't the first film to show a kind of alternate vision of suburbia, but it left an indelible impression, I think, on everybody, and all films like that will forever be measured against 'Blue Velvet.'
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We can never give up the belief that the good guys always win. And that we are the good guys.
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If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason.
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The buyer, the prospect, the customer expects you to have knowledge of their stuff, not just your stuff.
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I was interested in aerospace and flying, and the U.S. is really the best place in the world for flying.
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So much of what blacks and women contend with is centered in how we view, and how the world views, our bodies. Gestures, voices, affect.
