Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (Taj Mahal) Quotes
Taj has been described as having been designed by giants and finished by jewellers.
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I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.
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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
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I am a huge wrestling fan. I would say The Rock is my favorite person to watch for obvious reasons.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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If I spend 10 days at home, I'll be dying to get back to the set. I love the thrill of a good dialogue, the buzz of shooting.
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It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because on bad days you don't trust yourself, either in your first or your second language, and so you feel like a complete halfwit.
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I do what I can do to help my defense.
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I got more bands and went on the road and turn down more movies than you would believe.
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I love to see my family together. That's what life is about. It's about family.
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You have to go where the good writing is.
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Every time you get into a new job, new location, you have an amazing opportunity in front of you. You get to play dumb for as long as people will allow you to play dumb. You get to ask all the dumb questions, you get to ask multiple people the dumb questions, and you get to make mistakes. That's how you stand out in the crowd.
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Strong women, that's who I really respect.
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No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.
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The hijab has nothing to do with moral values. A woman's moral values are reflected in her eyes, in the way she talks, and in the way she walks. They put on a hijab and go dancing, wearing high heels and lipstick. They wear tight jeans that show their bellies.
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Dave was committed to making it a truly memorable weekend in the sense that he would remember nothing whatsoever about it. 'It’s all about moderation,' he said, 'Everything in moderation. Even moderation itself. From this it follows that you must from time to time, have excess. And this is going to be one of those occasions.' (p. 152).
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To fill the shoes of rock 'n' roll, because of the family I have, is a really hard thing.
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When you act, you want to emote and think in that language. I don't enjoy the process of doing a film in a language I am not good with.
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But there are rock and roll fans all over this continent and all over the globe, really, and we're just set at marking the planet with Styx music until the day we die.
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I've been on the cover of every magazine in the world.
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Taj has been described as having been designed by giants and finished by jewellers.
