Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (Taj Mahal) Quotes
My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it.
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By the end of 2008, clearly the Al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And in the Al Qaeda's mind, they were defeated.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion. Its main weapon is raising the alarm and predicting the human life endangering climate change based on man-made global warming.
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When I pull into a city and I rent a car and it's Nashville, or it's London, or I'm driving in the taxi to the hotel, and on comes one of my songs, it's like, 'Oh my God, they're still playing these songs on the radio.' And you still feel tearful and very grateful that somebody still likes these songs that you made up.
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Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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I look forward to a time when my career in a place where I can get out of Los Angeles and find a nice small town like I grew up in to raise my family.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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It is so important for girls and boys to have a female, strong superhero to look up to.
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It seems the most logical thing in the world to believe that the natural resources of the Earth, upon which the race depends for food, clothing and shelter, should be owned collectively by the race instead of being the private property of a few social parasites.
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There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists.
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This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.
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I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.
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To be international, you have to first be local. ... When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit. And if it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree.
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Our country's political discourse and debate are enriched by discussions of the political implications of our faith traditions, whether they are taking place in our communities, at our dinner tables, or in our places of worship.
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When I heard BB King's 'Sweet Sixteen,' I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that record: the bass player.
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I was a pretty independent kid. I thought maybe I'd be a veterinarian or an environmental lawyer.
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My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it.
