Margot Fonteyn Quotes

Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.

Margot Fonteyn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GreatTimeMomentsBecomeFirst Time

It's better to do your purpose imperfectly than to do someone else's purpose perfectly.

Jidenna

PurposeBetterSomeoneYourThan

When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.

Robert Mapplethorpe

WorkGodArtHandsHold

I make movies just as painters paint: I work where I can.

Jean-Jacques Annaud

WorkI CanMoviesPaintWhereJust

American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence behind Parisian Surrealism.

John Updike

WorkArtWork EthicAmericanPlayful

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.

Stephen Sondheim

Growing UpYouGrowingUpGotShow

According to God's word, everybody at some point is going to be given the opportunity to know the truth.

Stephen Baldwin

GodOpportunityTruthKnowGoing

I read 'Scarlett' recently, and that was a killer comic book. The 'Black Widow' was pretty rockin'. There is a big list of killer chicks that are just rockin'.

Stana Katic

BookBlackPrettyBigJustWidow

Go out and support your local rock n' roll band.

Steven Van Zandt

SupportGoRockBandOutRoll

The problem with politicians getting to know the issues in indigenous townships is that we tend to suffer from what Aboriginal people call the 'seagull syndrome' - we fly in, scratch around and fly out.

Tony Abbott

PeopleFlyProblemKnowOutSuffer

If you're from Dublin, for example, chances are you live with your family, if you're lucky enough to, right up to the mid-20s. And most of the people I know, when they finally sort of set off on their own, they don't stray all that far.

Roddy Doyle

FamilyLivePeopleEnoughYouKnow

We live in an era where the global capital markets are the super power in the world, and when they move against you as they've moved against Russia, as we've all seen in the ruble, there's nothing that can stop that.

Roger Altman

LivePowerWorldYouStopNothing

Too many of the career politicians, the established politicians in Washington on both sides of the aisle, are representing their party more than the people. And no matter what the media says, the ballot box will determine what people truly believe.

Matt Bevin

PeopleBelieveMediaCareerParty

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