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Bob Marley

1945 – 1981 CE

International hero of indigenous communities, one of the greatest song lyricists of all time, Rastafarian, father of at least 11 children with 7 mothers including Miss World Cindy Breakspeare, soccer crusader, and Pan-Africanist; Marley - in the lineage of Che Guevara, the Black Panthers, and Muhammad Ali - promoted political freedom, peace and justice. His song ”One Love" was named song of the millennium by the BBC: and, with sales of over 75 million records, he ranks as one of the world's best-selling artists. He used his spiritually infused music, global popularity, and concerts attended by up to 100,000 people to celescalate independence and justice for minorities, political focus on doing good instead of special interests, and marijuana as a sacrament, spiritual medicine, and catalyst for more wisdom. Awarded the Peace Medal of the Third World from the United Nations, at his funeral the Jamaican Prime Minister said, “Such a man cannot be erased from the mind. He is part of the collective consciousness of our nation” (and now of the world).

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Buffalo Soldier, 1983

Quotes by Bob Marley (25 quotes)

“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.”

Themes: Freedom Slavery

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“Money can't buy life.”

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“I don’t really have any ambition, you know? I only have one thing I’d really like to see happen. I’d like to see mankind living together. Black, White, Chinese, everyone. That’s all.”

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“The people who are trying to make this world worse aren't taking a day off. How can I?”

Themes: Crime

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“If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you're not worthy... Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”

Themes: Suffering Love

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“True friends are like stars; you can only recognize them when it's dark around you.”

Themes: Friendship

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“If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.”

Themes: Wealth Happiness

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“Love, friendship, laughter... Some of the best things in life really are free.”

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“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned... Everything is war.”

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“Love the life you live. Live the life you love.”

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“Complaints are prayers to the devil.”

Themes: Complaint

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“If you have a hate inside of you, you can't be righteous.”

Themes: Hate

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“Music - when it hits you, you feel no pain.”

Themes: Music

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“I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.”

Themes: Education

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“Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.”

Themes: Fame Wealth Wisdom

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“The day you stop racing, is the day you win the race.”

Chapters: 47. Effortless Success

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“You can't find the right roads when the streets are paved.”

Chapters: 70. Inscrutable

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“Politics and church are the same. They keep the people in ignorance.”

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“Forget your troubles and dance! Forget your sorrows and dance! Forget your sickness and dance! Forget your weakness and dance!”

Themes: Forget Suffering

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“In the abundance of water only the fool is thirsty.”

Chapters: 9. Know When to Stop

Themes: Water

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“It is better to win the peace and to lose the war.”

Chapters: 30. No War

Themes: Victory Peace War

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“I didn’t change, I just found myself.”

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“Some people feel the rain, others just get wet.”

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“Stolen from Africa, brought to America
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival...”

from Buffalo Soldier, 1983

Themes: Perseverance

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“I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.”

Themes: Victory

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