![Harry [Shearer] and I had an idea to do a movie about rock 'n' roll from the roadies' perspective, from backstage. Then Meat Loaf came out with a movie called Roadie and we thought, "Oh, we can't do that now." So we kind of discarded the idea.](/assets/img/quote-photos/harry-shearer-and-i-had-an-idea-to-do-a-movie-about-rock-n-roll-from-the-road.jpg)
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ideas revelations grew
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ideas world way
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ideas identity kind
There are Muslims of all kinds. The idea of closing them into a single identity is wrong. Amartya Sen
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