Margo Jefferson Quotes
I think all literature should be read as comparative literature. And I think we should write out of what we know, but in the expectation that we can be changed at any moment by something we have yet to discover.
Quotes to Explore
-
Editorial photography has to be energetic and visually competitive.
-
Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering.
-
I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
-
You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
-
In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I'm a Pisces, and they say that Pisces are very sensitive. If men were just honest with themselves, they would see that they all have that side.
-
My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
-
We were like a white family from the 1920s or something. My parents had this bizarre, different way of looking at things from the people that surrounded us. I went to an all-Mexican grade school and an all-black high school, and not many people in those places liked the same stuff as me.
-
Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
-
I'm lucky that I have my family, I'm lucky that my parents are still together. Those are the things that I cherish.
-
God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.
-
I just want to continue with gymnastics because I'm still young and fresh. I think can get some more titles under my belt.
-
There's nothing mathematical to my writing. It's a feeling.
-
I run a fast pace on my sets, man. I like the energy of the scene to be the energy on the set. I think it affects the actors, and I think it affects the crew. There's that sensation like you're really shooting it for real, like in a documentary.
-
I have been involved with the USO really my entire life. The first show I did for the USO, I was nine years old.
-
I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
-
Social conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero. Since a movement for social change is embodied in its leader, death of the leader means death of the movement.
-
Ethel Merman would stay with a show for years and tour with it. So would Mary Martin, the great stars. They recognized the value of that success and nurtured it. Now, you come from Hollywood, you play 12 weeks and go away. I don't think that's the best policy.
-
I don't know how I got out of some of the scrapes I was in. But I know that there's some sort of plan.
-
I’m just very careful with my words when I write. Obsessively careful. I’m the sort of person who worries about the difference between 'slim' and 'slender.'
-
I wanted my new release 'Get Back Up' to benefit Haiti in their tragedy and I am blessed to use my music to help as your purchase becomes our gift.
-
There is no cure for emphysema, but you can start treating it and have a better quality of life.
-
There is no point in retaining a brand equity if it has no traction with consumers, or has no likelihood of doing so.
-
In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.
-
I think all literature should be read as comparative literature. And I think we should write out of what we know, but in the expectation that we can be changed at any moment by something we have yet to discover.
