Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (Taj Mahal) Quotes
I wanted to keep pushing the musical ideas I had about jazz, music from Africa and the Caribbean.
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What was once underground is now coming to the surface.
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After 'Sesame Street,' it's a hyper-familiar world to me and I have this childlike ability to ignore the fact that I'm talking to scraps of cloth. Every country I go to, I see posters promoting the film in different languages. 'Los Muppets' - I love that!
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I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
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I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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The worst I think that I ever was, when 'Unforgettable' had come out, and not long after that I was on - I was on my way to my second divorce. And that was a crushing, crushing blow.
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Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!
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I feel like fashion should not happen in the morning.
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I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.
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Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.
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Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
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You don't get money unless you have a lot of talent, which I don't have, or you work hard, which is what I do. We don't have any golden touch here.
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When I was young, 'Scarface' was my favorite film. Al Pacino is my hero. I want to work with him.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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Stubbornness and ignorance and determination are a very fine line from each other. I'm a very stubborn person, but not so stubborn that I can't learn new things and meet new people, but I have a one-track mind.
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Many of humanity's most intractable challenges will only be solved through market-driven innovation.
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I've learned to ignore the negative people and just be a living example of confidence and self-love.
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Many of us are experiencing a phase of change, shedding outdated patterns and liberating ourselves from the old by moving on to the new. The year 2012 is an important one for mankind, a pivotal year. The potential for this exists in the mere fact that the majority of us are yearning for change.
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My priorities are to make sure we get the prescription drug bill, that we fund the research in NIH adequately, and that we fund the Center for Disease Control adequately.
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I wanted to keep pushing the musical ideas I had about jazz, music from Africa and the Caribbean.
