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Quotes by Jamaican Authors

"If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life."
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Marcus Garvey
"If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life."
"I mean the flesh, never fade! The flesh never leave the creation, see, because with that divine spirit the flesh cannot fade. If the spirit is weak then the flesh fade, seen?"
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Peter Tosh
"I mean the flesh, never fade! The flesh never leave the creation, see, because with that divine spirit the flesh cannot fade. If the spirit is weak then the flesh fade, seen?"
"I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there."
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Marcus Garvey
"I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there."
"The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow."
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Bob Marley
"The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow."
"Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny."
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Bob Marley
"Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny."
Bob Marley, Jamaican Musician
Destiny, Man, Right
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"Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned."
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Marcus Garvey
"Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned."
Marcus Garvey, Jamaican Publisher
Will,
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"My lyrics come from my experiences growing up in life, trying to find out and express who I am. That's basically it. I'm not trying to be a prophet or anything like that. I'm just reflecting on life."
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Sean Paul
"My lyrics come from my experiences growing up in life, trying to find out and express who I am. That's basically it. I'm not trying to be a prophet or anything like that. I'm just reflecting on life."
"I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey."
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Ziggy Marley
"I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey."
"Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues."
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Sean Paul
"Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues."
Sean Paul, Jamaican Musician
Talk,
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"Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight."
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Bob Marley
"Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight."
Bob Marley, Jamaican Musician
Fight, Rights
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"There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty."
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Marcus Garvey
"There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty."
"Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!"
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Marcus Garvey
"Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!"
Marcus Garvey, Jamaican Publisher
Home,
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"Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men."
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Marcus Garvey
"Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men."
Marcus Garvey, Jamaican Publisher
Man, Men, Will
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"I think it's wrong the way they criminalize herb. There are many more uses than just smoking. Beneficial to mankind."
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Ziggy Marley
"I think it's wrong the way they criminalize herb. There are many more uses than just smoking. Beneficial to mankind."
"I'm always in love."
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Ziggy Marley
"I'm always in love."
Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician
Love,
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"A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact."
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Marcus Garvey
"A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact."
"What I say is from my heart. You must be sincere. So when I sing a song, people are supposed to feel it."
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Wayne Wonder
"What I say is from my heart. You must be sincere. So when I sing a song, people are supposed to feel it."
"And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to sing in church makes me sick, 'love wash me and I shall be whiter than snow."
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Peter Tosh
"And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to sing in church makes me sick, 'love wash me and I shall be whiter than snow."
"Music is your own talent and is an important tool. Even if you don't want to be a role model, get ready to be in the public eye. Energy is there, you just have to use it."
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Sean Paul
"Music is your own talent and is an important tool. Even if you don't want to be a role model, get ready to be in the public eye. Energy is there, you just have to use it."
"That's me, man - I'm a lover not a fighter."
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Wayne Wonder
"That's me, man - I'm a lover not a fighter."
Wayne Wonder, Jamaican Musician
Man,
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"Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism."
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Claude McKay
"Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism."
"Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all."
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Bob Marley
"Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all."
"Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy."
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Grace Jones
"Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy."
"I've been here before and will come again, but I'm not going this trip through."
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Bob Marley
"I've been here before and will come again, but I'm not going this trip through."
Bob Marley, Jamaican Musician
Will,
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"Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no, it wasn't right and that it wasn't my style."
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Desmond Dekker
"Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no, it wasn't right and that it wasn't my style."
"URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages."
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Ziggy Marley
"URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages."
"Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality."
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Bob Marley
"Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality."
"I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go."
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Ziggy Marley
"I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go."
"I am not a politician... I only suffer the consequences."
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Peter Tosh
"I am not a politician... I only suffer the consequences."
"Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but in Africa."
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Marcus Garvey
"Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but in Africa."
"The whole world is run on bluff."
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Marcus Garvey
"The whole world is run on bluff."
Marcus Garvey, Jamaican Publisher
World,
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"I like honesty and fair play."
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Marcus Garvey
"I like honesty and fair play."
"Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage."
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Ziggy Marley
"Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage."
Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician
Time,
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"Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more."
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Ziggy Marley
"Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more."
"My grandmother always told me you must keep to your old roads and stick to your original friends and just go through smooth, be careful and stay positive."
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Wayne Wonder
"My grandmother always told me you must keep to your old roads and stick to your original friends and just go through smooth, be careful and stay positive."
"I think that every single person should play sports."
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Donovan Bailey
"I think that every single person should play sports."
"The music I do is food... that will be your dinner."
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Ziggy Marley
"The music I do is food... that will be your dinner."
"Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining."
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Grace Jones
"Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining."
"Use, don't abuse."
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Grace Jones
"Use, don't abuse."
Grace Jones, Jamaican Model
Abuse,
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"Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems."
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Ziggy Marley
"Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems."
"My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people."
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Ziggy Marley
"My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people."
"I don't have to wait to realize the good old days."
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Ziggy Marley
"I don't have to wait to realize the good old days."
Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician
Old,
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"Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do."
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Marcus Garvey
"Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do."
Marcus Garvey, Jamaican Publisher
Man,
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"In my songs, the sex is all subliminal. It's subliminal, spiritual."
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Ziggy Marley
"In my songs, the sex is all subliminal. It's subliminal, spiritual."
"Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction."
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Bob Marley
"Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction."
"I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music."
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Ziggy Marley
"I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music."
"A gem, like you, is made beautiful by being polished. It's not an easy undertaking, but a stone that exists undisturbed among others just is...but the most beautiful stand out because they face being alone, endure hardships and learn from what challenges them. Suffering purifies and makes beautiful, but only if the gem can shine."
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Donna Lynn Hope
"A gem, like you, is made beautiful by being polished. It's not an easy undertaking, but a stone that exists undisturbed among others just is...but the most beautiful stand out because they face being alone, endure hardships and learn from what challenges them. Suffering purifies and makes beautiful, but only if the gem can shine."
"I let my game do the talking. I've had incidents like that but when I compare my own story to the stories that have happened forty or fifty years ago particularly to Jackie Robinson for example."
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Maurice Ashley
"I let my game do the talking. I've had incidents like that but when I compare my own story to the stories that have happened forty or fifty years ago particularly to Jackie Robinson for example."
"Progress is the attraction that moves humanity."
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Marcus Garvey
"Progress is the attraction that moves humanity."
"He actually came up to me and we started speaking. And from that conversation we were able to come to a meeting of the minds and it seemed as if it was clear to me that he wanted to do similar things to what I wanted to do."
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Maurice Ashley
"He actually came up to me and we started speaking. And from that conversation we were able to come to a meeting of the minds and it seemed as if it was clear to me that he wanted to do similar things to what I wanted to do."
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