Margo Jefferson Quotes

As the years pass, I find that writers who were once central to me aren't anymore. I revered Yeats's poetry in college. I respect it now and am still ravished by certain lines, but I don't go back to him again and again. I do go back to Emily Dickinson again and again.

Margo Jefferson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 17, 1947

Topics

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Fighting disparities is very significant.

Jesse Jackson

FightingSignificantVery

You can make your own way. It's about getting out there and not letting rejection get you down.

Jennifer Armentrout

RejectionYouDownWayOutOwn

People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents you for yourself, nothing is left but to invent yourself for others.

John le Carre

GoodYourselfPeopleUnhappyYou

Suddenly in high school, I'm in a predominantly Jewish atmosphere. Jewish people were my gate to white America.

Anna Deavere Smith

SchoolPeopleHigh SchoolAmerica

Film is forever.

Angela Bassett

ForeverFilm

We're all capable of anything as human beings. Any emotion, any action. We really are.

Jeff Daniels

ActionEmotionHumanAnythingReally

Jeans and sneakers are definitely best for the haunted house. They usually won't let you in with a mask, even. It makes sense. They need to be able to tell who the rubes are. And, sneakers are good because the ground's uneven, and you're running and falling and stepping on the slower of your friends.

Stephen Graham Jones

GoodBestMaskFriendsYouHouse

Fewer and fewer bars are doing live music. Instead it's more DJs and dance parties.

Sturgill Simpson

LiveMusicDanceDoingMoreDJs

The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.

Mary Shelley

FoodMeFeelingsRageMiseryAgony

One, I am skeptical of the effectiveness of nutritional supplements.

Michael Shermer

I AmEffectivenessSupplementsAm

To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.

Luc de Clapiers

LiveGreatDieGreat ThingsAchieve

Social media, for me, is just a thorn in my side. It's painful. For us in crisis, it has totally changed the way we do business. It's a big, big game changer.

Judy Smith

BusinessSocial MediaMeGameMedia

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