Author: Margot Lee Shetterly

Quotes

You don't get the good without the bad, but you really do have to see it all in order to make progress.

You don't get the good without the bad, but you really do have to see it all in order to make progress.

- Margot Lee Shetterly

History happens as soon as I pick up my coffee cup - it happened 30 seconds ago. It's history.

History happens as soon as I pick up my coffee cup - it happened 30 seconds ago. It's history.

- Margot Lee Shetterly

As a callow 18-year-old leaving for college, I'd seen my home town as a mere launching pad for a life in worldlier locales, a place to be from rather than a place to be.

As a callow 18-year-old leaving for college, I'd seen my home town as a mere launching pad for a life in worldlier locales, a place to be from rather than a place to be.

- Margot Lee Shetterly

We want the big stories, of course, of the great men, but there's as much drama and interest and lessons to be learned in actions that people like us take on a daily basis.

We want the big stories, of course, of the great men, but there's as much drama and interest and lessons to be learned in actions that people like us take on a daily basis.

- Margot Lee Shetterly

There is so much talent among our young people; I hope the women in 'Hidden Figures' inspire them.

There is so much talent among our young people; I hope the women in 'Hidden Figures' inspire them.

- Margot Lee Shetterly

The Russians had got a real head-start into space; America was playing catch-up.

The Russians had got a real head-start into space; America was playing catch-up.

- Margot Lee Shetterly

The success of 'Hidden Figures' proves that people are interested in, hungry for, stories about transcendent human experiences.

The success of 'Hidden Figures' proves that people are interested in, hungry for, stories about transcendent human experiences.

- Margot Lee Shetterly

The black experience isn't exclusively slavery/civil rights/Obama.

The black experience isn't exclusively slavery/civil rights/Obama.

- Margot Lee Shetterly

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