Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (Taj Mahal) Quotes
I was always taught that Latin, Caribbean people were cousins to me, as well as blues was a cousin to me, as well as Africans were direct relatives to me. It was all a part of my language.
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The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.
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We left my birthplace, Brooklyn, New York, in 1939 when I was 13. I enjoyed the ethnic variety and the interesting students in my public school, P.S. 134. The kids in my neighborhood were only competitive in games, although unfriendly gangs tended to define the limits of our neighborhood.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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After 2012, all of the Washington political consultants and all the mainstream media came to Republicans and said, 'You've got to do better with Hispanics, and the way to do better with Hispanics is to embrace amnesty.' And, look, a lot of Republicans in Washington were scared.
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This is what people need: an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-use tool.
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I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky.
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I'm lucky that I have my family, I'm lucky that my parents are still together. Those are the things that I cherish.
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I realized that acting isn't necessarily what I love, but it's what I do. But I really do love filmmaking.
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It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
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There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.
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Early impressions are like glimpses seen through the window by night when lightning is about.
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If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.
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I am strictly against remaking a movie.
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I knew on the day that I accepted my job at CNN that a ratings victory at 8 P.M. was going to be a formidable challenge. As I have been told over and over, this is the toughest time slot in cable news.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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To have nothing to say and to say it in a tragic manner is not the same thing as having something to say.
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My reputation grows with every failure.
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The Greek people have gone through some very difficult times and there's still a hard road ahead, but despite those hardships, Greece has continued to be a reliable ally, has shown true compassion to fellow human beings in need. It's an example of the Greek character.
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Someone remarked that the newspapers or the news magazines are the same as the psalms except that the names changed in the stories. Maybe you can't understand the psalms without understanding the newspaper and the other way around.
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I think pressure exists in a situation only when you are unsure of your talent and people are expecting a lot from you due to your lineage.
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I was always taught that Latin, Caribbean people were cousins to me, as well as blues was a cousin to me, as well as Africans were direct relatives to me. It was all a part of my language.
