Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (Taj Mahal) Quotes
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I didn't equate a POW camp with a concentration camp.
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I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.
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You've got to live your life, you've got to enjoy it.
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So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs that are about living, about what it's like to be going through all the things that people go through in life.
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I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.
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I guess I crave stability.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.
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I decided to be heterosexual because I felt like that's the life God intended me to live.
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There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush.
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Since the dawn of recorded music, every generation has felt shocked by the musical tastes of the next.
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As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.
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I like to work out. I work out hard when I get to it, but it's so sporadic, I'm not sure it counts at all! I eat pretty much anything, but I eat high-quality food. There was never a packet of chips or box of candy in my house when I was growing up. Ever.
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Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences.
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From a gameplay standpoint, I've said for years that hero, fiction, and tone have nothing to do with the idea that choices have consequences. And that's really what I'm interested in. I care about you showing how clever and creative you are.
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Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion.
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Feeling tired should almost never be an excuse, because your body has huge reserves of energy. But if you eat badly, stay out late, drink too much, and so on, you'll pay a price on the course.
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If Adele's seen as boring, then I'm happy to be boring as well.
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It's really easy to end up on the 'Daily Mail' if you put yourself in situations where you'll end up on the 'Daily Mail,' and it's really easy to not if you don't do that.
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My wife is been extremely supportive and when doubt creeps in, she's there pushing me along. She's helped me move up here, get all of my furniture and brought all my groceries. That's what marriage is about: supporting each other and helping each other reach our fullest potential.
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It was so easy to disown what you couldn't recognize, to keep yourself apart from things that were foreign and unsettling. The only person you can be sure to control, always, is yourself. Which is a lot to be sure of, but at the same time, not enough.
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Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't see the other human being anymore, but only your own concept of that human being. To reduce the aliveness of another human being to a concept is already a form of violence.
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I'm old enough to chew my peas and corn without choking.
