Margot Lee Shetterly Quotes

For too long, history has imposed a binary condition on its black citizens: either nameless or renowned, menial or exceptional, passive recipients of the forces of history or superheroes who acquire mythic status not just because of their deeds but because of their scarcity.

Margot Lee Shetterly

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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.

Jack McBrayer
- Women
- Job
- Pretty
If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.

Tamsin Greig
- May
- Home
- You
It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.

Kate Christensen
- Time
- Writing
- Day
Be who you are and be that well.

Saint Francis de Sales
- You
- Well
- Who
At Gallaudet, deafness isn't an issue. You don't even think about it. Students can pay attention to accounting or psychology or journalism. But when a deaf person goes to another college, no matter how supportive it is, that person doesn't get the same access.

I. King Jordan
- Attention
- College
- Same
If you're a writer, write. You just keep writing. And if you're a filmmaker, you keep doing what you can to keep telling your stories; you don't stay on the one. Keep moving forward and doing what you can to tell whatever story you can tell, be it via writing, be it via filming it.

Dana Brunetti