Margo Jefferson Quotes

A Negro girl could never be purely innocent. The vengeful Race Fairy always lurked nearby; your parents' best hope was that the fairy would show up at someone else's feast and punish their child. Parents had to protect themselves, too, and protect you from knowing how much danger you all were in.

Margo Jefferson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GirlHopeBestChildParentsYou

Human knowledge is dark and uncertain; philosophy is dark, astrology is dark, and geometry is dark.

John Jewel

KnowledgePhilosophyDarkGeometry

I read 'Huffington Post' as if I am a shareholder.

Michael Arden

I AmPostReadAm

I've always said I would want to be a funeral director if I wasn't an actor.

Torrey DeVitto

SaidWantActorDirectorAlways

I still get a little nervous before performing. You don't want to forget a lyric; you don't want to make a mistake. I still get butterflies. You can try to judge an audience, but you can only really judge things by the applause.

Tony Bennett

MistakeJudgeYouForgetWantTry

In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered part of the elite.

Ron Silver

PeopleEuropeEliteArtsPart

My biggest turn-on has to be brains, intelligence.

Liz Vassey

IntelligenceBrainsTurn-OnBiggest

It's actually really great to be a student and an actor, because I get to do this job that I love, then just when I think my head might explode, I get to go to school where they don't really care about what magazine cover I'm on.

Julia Stiles

LoveGreatJobSchoolThinkCare

I sit with the intention to write a record.

Lisa Marie Presley

IntentionWriteSitRecord

Well, I was lucky in that my being an actress totally overshadowed my having some kind of a... legacy at Yale, so that was kind of great.

Jordana Brewster

GreatLegacyKindLuckyBeingWell

It's not in the mainstream media, but across towns, it is amazing how there are small groups of people getting together and forming artistic collectives - they may not be being overtly political, but I'd say by channelling their energy into community projects, that's a valid political statement.

Johnny Flynn

CommunityTogetherPeopleAmazing

My dad was a cop, you know, and I grew up three houses down from people who used Confederate flags as curtains.

Dee Rees

PeopleYouDownKnowThreeUp

I am not stupid. I am a very bright guy. I know that in the fighting game, you get people who get brain damage and do themselves long-term harm.

Conor McGregor

I AmPeopleBrainStupidGameYou

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