Margo Jefferson Quotes

Like dancers with choreography or actors with scripts, jazz singers could take material that was known, even loved, then risk interpreting and revising it. They could conceal even as they revealed themselves. Inflection, timing and tonality were their language, at least as much as words.

Margo Jefferson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WordsLanguageLovedTimingJazz

Love is love. Let's take it any way we can get it.

Jim James

LoveLove IsWayTakeGetAny

Martin Jarvis was to have played the part originally but I think I had longer hair or something, I know not.

John Leeson

HairThinkKnowSomethingI Think

Boys don't cry. But they do. We do. I do. I weep all the time.

Matt Haig

TimeCryWeep

Sticking to good habits can be hard work, and mistakes are part of the process. Don't declare failure simply because you messed up or because you're having trouble reaching your goals. Instead, use your mistakes as opportunities to grow stronger and become better.

Amy Morin

WorkHard WorkFailureGoodGoals

Romance novels are my favorite books to read. I write young adult romances, and am so happy to be promoting this wonderful genre.

Simone Elkeles

HappyYoungWriteRomanceWonderful

When you tax capital gains income, you don't help the economy, you hurt the economy, which is why President Kennedy, President Reagan, President Clinton and President Bush all believed we should have a lower rate for capital gains.

Rob Portman

HurtHelpYouTaxWhyEconomy

To win the nomination, you speak to people who vote in Republican primaries. And they tend not to be millennials or minorities... When I win the nomination and show up at a black church, they say, 'Where have you been Mr. Romney?'

Mitt Romney

PeopleWinSpeakBlackChurchYou

I am an outspoken person. I believe in what I say.

Dionne Warwick

I AmBelievePersonSayI Believe

Look at how fast technology is developing.

Douglas Tompkins

TechnologyLookFastHowDeveloping

Sometimes I feel I'm being animated, but it comes off differently. Unfortunately, I was cursed with these sleepy eyes.

Wyatt Cenac

EyesFeelSometimesBeingOff

Ryan Tedder is just a beast.

Shawn Mendes

BeastJustRyan

I'm fortunate that I'm employed. And if you're in show business, of course, every night you go to bed and go, oh my god, tomorrow I'll never, ever work again.

Rick Mercer

WorkBusinessGodTomorrowNightGo

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