Ziggy Marley Quotes
The Rastafari culture has a very strong connection to Haile Selassie, a descendant of King Solomon.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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I get breakfast when everyone else is on their lunch break. I usually go to Dimes, which is a short walk from my apartment. Usually, I'll have chia pudding or an acai bowl and toast and sausage.
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You can't always count on the devices, attitudes, and conceits that stood you in good stead in 1972 or 1973, or 1978-79, to still have the same impact all these years later.
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I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.
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All I know is stars and hits, you know what I mean? I don't just sign a guy because he has a hot record. I sign a guy because he's a star. He's a pillar of the community.
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Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in which you do not have to buy anything in order to stay.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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We know the threats - from global terrorist networks to the spread of deadly weapons. Yet we also know that embedded in this time of danger is the promise of a new day, if we have the courage and commitment to work together.
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Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
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I don't do nostalgia. It just doesn't occur to me. I'm living in the moment, and I don't have that gene.
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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I just want people to know they are the masters of their own fortune and misfortune. A lot of us think that doctors and drugs are going to control and help us, but the reality is we're our own best doctor.
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The guy who kind of identified as my dad was my dad's brother, who was the second person my mom married.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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In Australia, I grew up watching 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' my son grew up watching 'Sesame Street,' my grandson's growing up watching 'Dora The Explorer.' So we are sort of saturated with American culture from the day we're born, and to those of those who do have an ear for it, it's second nature.
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I'm klutzy, and I don't embarrass easily.
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There are a lot of possibilities I'm looking at for the future, but I'm very insistent on not limiting myself.
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I hope Donald Trump doesn't become president of the United States and I expect the people of the United States will have the good sense not to elect him.
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If I tell you a story, you can choose to believe me, or you can question it.
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You're called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
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The Rastafari culture has a very strong connection to Haile Selassie, a descendant of King Solomon.
