Marley Quotes
Bob Marley: [historical footage]My life, non important to me. But, other people life important. My life is only important if me can help plenty people.
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Interviewer: [historical footage]Are you a rich man?
Bob Marley: What you mean rich? What you mean?
Interviewer: Do you have a lot of possessions? A lot of money in the bank?
Bob Marley: Possession make you rich? I don't have that type of richness. My richness is life - forever.
Bob Marley: What you mean rich? What you mean?
Interviewer: Do you have a lot of possessions? A lot of money in the bank?
Bob Marley: Possession make you rich? I don't have that type of richness. My richness is life - forever.
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Bob Marley: [historical footage]Africa is our heaven. Because, that's where we come from.
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Cindy Breakspeare: Left to me, I would have said Bob, come home to St. Ann and come eat roast fish and callaloo every day, smoke the biggest spliff, if you like, drink fish tea, just do what you want. And if you end up in the same place at the end of it all, at least you will have had some comfort in your last months on this earth and being in the place that you really, really wanted to be. But, we girls didn't have much talk in those days, you know. The men made the decisions.
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Ziggy Marley: My memory was, going to the Intensive Care unit, going like this, looking through the window, you know. Him laying, kind of saying, him going, Come. So, I went in. I went beside him and say, you know, him said, Young Bob. What's up young Bob? and I have song for you. I have a song for you. Him sing a couple of lines of the song, On your way up, Take me up, On your way down, Don't let me down.
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Bob Marley: [historical recording]Christ promised to mankind that Him will return within 2000 years and when Him return, Him will be King of Kings through the lineage of King Solomon and King David. Now we look out there to see who is this. One man, Haile Selassie I the first.
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Dudley SIbley: All the suffering that goes on in Jamaica, it turns you into a militant person. Because you always have to try to find a way out of this system. And we see Rastafari as a liberationist religion.
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Morimer Planno: [historical recording]It is prophesied that oppression makes the wise man mad. And who is madder than my servant, said the Lord our God, Rastafari.
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Lloyd 'Bread' McDonald: Rastifarian were the only true afro-centric, black people who preach self-reliance, who preach self-confidence.
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Lloyd 'Bread' McDonald: Emperor Haile Selassie I is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. He's our God, Rasta God. Rasta say, the purpose of life is to be happy. Everybody's supposed to be happy and live in peace, love and unity. Yeah, mon.
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Newscaster: [historical footage]Marijuana is illegal in Jamaica. But, the Rastas say they smoke it because the Bible tells them to. The Book of Revelations says to: partake of the herb.
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