Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (Taj Mahal) Quotes
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If people want to really know what's up with me then they can read one of my interviews.
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I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
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We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want.
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In my 20s, I wanted to be hot; now I want to be healthy.
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Your band members? Your band members don't want to be tied to a machine. They want to be playing. That's what the Beatles did. And the Beatles' stuff is timeless. That's what I would suggest. Just get back to sweating, playing hard, hammering, and having a blast.
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The worst thing would be for a Canada to develop a Hollywood. This is an industry we are going to have to fight to defend. We have to compete now so productions stay here. We don't want entertainment to be like the steel industry.
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I want to do everything in the world that can be done.
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This opinion, however, is held by most, that the devil was an angel, and that, having become an apostate, he induced as many of the angels as possible to fall away with himself, and these up to the present time are called his angels.
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I don't have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation.
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We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.
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If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.
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A psychologist said to me, there are only two important questions you have to ask yourself. What do you really feel? And, what do you really want? If you can answer those two, you probably can leave your neuroses behind you.
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I don't ever want to do stuff just for the sake of it.
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I know that I have probably an eight- to 10-year window in this league, and if I want to be what I say I want to be, then I have to commit myself 100 percent.
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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
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If you are a researcher and want to publish a paper, if you are applying for money either from a private or public foundation, you have to have a DSM code.
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If haters or whatever want to find you - I mean, some of them are so tenacious. You want to hire them to work for you. They're very, very savvy in terms of how they find you and get to you.
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Well, actually, I manage a couple of stock portfolios or funds or whatever you want to call 'em, and I think I've done relatively well with them.
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It was an axiom of 'containment' that no part of the known world could be considered neutral. 'Neutralism' was among the Cold Warriors' gravest curse words, applied with caustic hostility to India and even France. Those who were not with were against, subjected to intense economic and ideological - and sometimes military - pressure to fall into line.
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I'll get pretty much everything the way I want it. I've always dreamed of a beach wedding.
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Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.
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The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.
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One of the most common reasons people renovate their homes is a change in their lifestyle - an upcoming wedding, a new baby, or grown children moving away.
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I didn't want to fall into the trap of complacency.
