Margot Fonteyn Quotes

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.

Margot Fonteyn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dancer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 18, 1919 - February 21, 1991

Topics

WorkSelfI Have LearnedSeriously

My daughters all have aunties who help out. It takes a village.

Jodie Sweetin

HelpVillageOutWhoDaughters

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

John Henry Newman

ManFindNothingFaultWellWould

If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of genius, and reduces the best of the men who go through it to much the same standard.

Simon Newcomb

BestMenGeniusDownGoSame

I enjoy being at Real. The club atmosphere is - even if some do not want to believe it - very tight-knit.

Toni Kroos

BelieveEnjoyWantRealClubBeing

I would have loved to play a real baddie.

Roger Moore

LovedPlayRealWould

I got into Shakespeare and all of that stuff in high school and then got out of it because it got too complicated. But all of those things just helped me to put words together. It gave me a different perspective.

Ro James

PerspectiveTogetherWordsSchoolMe

I never fail to find it weird when people recognise me.

Mollie King

PeopleMeWeirdFindNeverFail

I'm not a big 'scripted comedy' person necessarily. I'm open for wherever comedy can be found.

Jonathan Krisel

ComedyPersonOpenWhereverBig

If Spider-Man is your ground level superhero, I wanted to come up with a ground-level villain. I wanted to figure out if I could turn a regular guy into a super-villain.

Jon Watts

VillainTurnOutGroundUpGuy

I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva.

Dolly Parton

I AmPeopleBendBackwardsOverAm

Since it's based on my parents, it's more emotionally close to me than some of my more surreal plays. And then I like the balance of the comic and the sad. It should play as funny, but you should care about the characters and feel sad for them.

Christopher Durang

FunnySadBalanceParentsMeCare

Too many people, including the ad industry, believe the future is something that happens and just rolls them over in it's wake.

Cindy Gallop

FuturePeopleBelieveOverIndustry

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