Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (Taj Mahal) Quotes
Yeah, I can understand that. All the splendor of the Taj Mahal, without the inconvenience and expense of traveling to India.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.
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I can remember when I first went into the Himalayan area way back in 1951. Money, for instance, was not important at all to the local people. But now, finance has become just as important to them as it is to us, and this is a change maybe not for the better.
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I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them.
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To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
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To my mind, it is the duty of the younger Negro artist, if he accepts any duties at all from outsiders, to change through the force of his art that old whispering 'I want to be white,' hidden in the aspirations of his people, to 'Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro - and beautiful!'
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I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat.
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For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith.
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Putin is like Al Capone.
Garry Kasparov
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With acting, I felt like I had a lot to prove because I didn't study it; I didn't work my way up in a traditional sense.
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It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.
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He's so interesting because you think you know Dennis Hopper, but you don't really know Dennis Hopper. I don't really know Dennis Hopper, I just know him from the silver screen.
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When I was 6 years old, I was in a rock band that was horrible called 'Dead End.' The name kind of described us. People liked us; we would go and perform at coffee houses and stuff.
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I'm always a bit suspicious of writers who have the gift of the gab.
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'I have now learnt to despise you,' he said. 'You refused an honest prince; you did not appreciate the rose and the nightingale; but you did not mind kissing a swineherd for his toys; you have no one but yourself to blame!'
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You are only three or four hours from taking your glasses off for keeps.
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Writing about the 1950s has given me tremendous respect for my mother's generation.
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Henceforth, the United States may have to determine how to cope with regional coalitions that seek to push America out of Eurasia, thereby threatening America's status as a global power.
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Everything works out the way the universe wants it to work out.
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We remember Kurt for what he was: caring, generous and sweet.
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Yeah, I can understand that. All the splendor of the Taj Mahal, without the inconvenience and expense of traveling to India.
