Margo Jefferson Quotes

My mother was not happy with the Afros that my friends and I emerged with - there's that crack in the book of 'Why, if a fly landed in there, he'd break his little wings trying to get out.' I was not pure dashiki, though - I was a combination of African dresses, miniskirts, tank tops, shawls, ethnic-looking earrings, sandals.

Margo Jefferson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MotherHappyFlyBookFriendsWings

There's a misunderstanding about what nonsensical things are - the idea that they're just funny, and that's the beginning and the end of it. Nonsense is not 'not sense' - it operates at the edge of sense. It teems with sense - at the same time, it resists any kind of universal understanding.

Jesse Ball

FunnyTimeBeginningEndEdgeKind

If you see swarms of guys coming around you, you have to try and avoid being stuck on the kerb.

Michael East

YouTrySeeComingBeingAvoid

Sometimes it's good to be ready for the unpredictable. I'm glad that I can go through unpredictable situations. It's a good thing.

Metta World Peace

GoodI CanReadyGoSometimesGlad

What matters here are the works - finally without them his life would be uninteresting. What matters, that is, are the astonishing things that he left behind. If we can get the life in relation to the works, then it can take off.

Stephen Greenblatt

LifeMattersWithoutTakeLeftHere

The most gloomy prognosis about Jewish life is that it will disappear between the two extremes of ultra-Orthodoxy on the one hand and total assimilation on the other. But those are very exaggerated scenarios.

Simon Schama

LifeWillHandTwoJewishDisappear

You can't judge an album by a single song; it's like judging a book by only reading a single chapter.

Trevor Rabin

SongBookReadingJudgeYouChapter

The only way to describe my involvement in 'Planes' is that it's an absolute dream come true for me. Getting to be a bad guy in any project is fun, let alone being a Disney villain. I can't imagine anything getting better than that!

Roger Craig Smith

AloneFunMeVillainBetterBad

I hold all of the songs that I have had the pleasure of recording and performing in high regard.

Dionne Warwick

PleasureHighHoldSongsPerforming

I'm involved with a baroque opera company here in Italy. I write some of their booklet material, comments on operas. I also write for some baroque opera festivals because this music is my real passion.

Donna Leon

MusicPassionFestivalsWriteReal

It's all about knowing your audience. When I buy a record by a band and it sounds completely different, I'm just like, 'Why didn't you change your band name?'

Brian Fallon

ChangeNameYouWhyBandKnowing

Without social media, I'd probably just be a quirky, amateur photographer with a hard drive full of photos. I'd be cold calling respected publications, begging for a feature.

Brandon Stanton

Social MediaDriveColdMediaHard

I come from the world of improv; I love any show or any vehicle that gives me an opportunity to be in the moment.

Brad Garrett

LoveOpportunityMomentMeWorld

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