Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (Taj Mahal) Quotes
As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer.
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I think people like musicals. And when done with a modern comedic sensibility, musical comedy can be the most efficient delivery of both storytelling and jokes.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.
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As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
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I find dates, in general, horrific. We have to sit there and ask these questions and pretend to eat a meal, and it just feels so stiff.
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Whatever good or bad is said by former cricketers is considered gospel. Our media should not blow out of proportion the opinion of former cricketers.
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I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.
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I don't choose to make movies as small as the movies I've made. The combined budget of my two films is far under $5 million, but it's just by necessity that it ends up being that way.
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I did feel pressure to look a certain way on 'Hollyoaks.' But I just had to stay strong and not let myself get into a state of mind that isn't healthy.
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We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male.
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Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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I just want us to all have a good time and to party and enjoy this life, because it's too short. It's too short.
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I entered Yale in the fall of 1951, and about November of that year, Bill Buckley published 'God and Man at Yale.'
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I know politics; I know the media.
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As a designer, when someone wears my clothes, the biggest compliment I can receive is that the woman looks amazing because my designs have flattered her, not taken over her. I take that philosophy to heart myself each morning when I am getting ready for the day.
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My main contribution has been that I have educated and entertained people at the same time.
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When you're acting and directing, you're standing there acting with another actor, and you're trying to do your performance, and at the same time you're watching their performance, and making sure the lights are in the right place, and if the person is wearing the right wardrobe. All these things are going on in your head.
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As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer.
