"What I want to tell you today is not to move into
that world where you're alone with yourself and
your mantra and your fitness program or whatever
it is that you might use to try to control the world
by closing it out. I want to tell you to live in the mess.
Throw yourself out into the convulsions the world."
that world where you're alone with yourself and
your mantra and your fitness program or whatever
it is that you might use to try to control the world
by closing it out. I want to tell you to live in the mess.
Throw yourself out into the convulsions the world."
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"I'm not telling you to make the world better,
because I don't think that progress is necessarily
part of the package. I'm just telling you to live in it.
Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not just to
pass through it, but to live in it. To look at it.
To try to get the picture. To live recklessly.
To take chances. To make your own work and take pride in it.
To seize the moment."
because I don't think that progress is necessarily
part of the package. I'm just telling you to live in it.
Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not just to
pass through it, but to live in it. To look at it.
To try to get the picture. To live recklessly.
To take chances. To make your own work and take pride in it.
To seize the moment."
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"People with self-respect exhibit a certain toughness,
a kind of moral nerve; they display what was once called character—
the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life."
a kind of moral nerve; they display what was once called character—
the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life."
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"To free us from the expectations of others,
to give us back to ourselves...there lies the great,
singular power of self-respect."
to give us back to ourselves...there lies the great,
singular power of self-respect."
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"I work every day. Sometimes I don't accomplish
anything, but if I don't work every day,
I get depressed and afraid to start again."
anything, but if I don't work every day,
I get depressed and afraid to start again."
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"We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that
mortality even as we push it away, failed by our
very complication, so wired that when we mourn
our losses, we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves.
As we were. As we are no longer. As we will one day not be at all."
mortality even as we push it away, failed by our
very complication, so wired that when we mourn
our losses, we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves.
As we were. As we are no longer. As we will one day not be at all."
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"I know what the fear is. The fear is not for what is lost.
What is lost is already in the wall, already behind the locked doors.
The fear is for what is still to be lost."
What is lost is already in the wall, already behind the locked doors.
The fear is for what is still to be lost."
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"We flatter ourselves by thinking this compulsion to please others an attractive trait: a gift for imaginative empathy, evidence of our willingness to give...we play roles doomed to failure before they are begun, each defeat generating fresh despair at the necessity of divining and meeting the next demand made upon us... To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves...there lies the great singular power of self-respect."
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Bob Marley (Jamaican musician)
_________
Born : February 6, 1945
Died : May 11, 1981
_________
was a Jamaican singer-songwriter whose thoughtful ongoing distillation of early ska, rock steady, and reggae musical forms blossomed in the 1970s into an electrifying rock-influenced hybrid that made him an international superstar.
Marley gained international fame with hits like "No Woman, No Cry," "One Love," and "Redemption Song." His music often conveyed messages of love, unity, and resistance against oppression, influenced by his Rastafarian faith.
Despite his immense success, Marley remained committed to his cultural roots and activism. He survived an assassination attempt in 1976, underscoring his political influence. Marley died in 1981 from cancer at the age of 36 but left a lasting legacy as a global cultural icon and a symbol of peace and freedom.
_________
Born : February 6, 1945
Died : May 11, 1981
_________
was a Jamaican singer-songwriter whose thoughtful ongoing distillation of early ska, rock steady, and reggae musical forms blossomed in the 1970s into an electrifying rock-influenced hybrid that made him an international superstar.
Marley gained international fame with hits like "No Woman, No Cry," "One Love," and "Redemption Song." His music often conveyed messages of love, unity, and resistance against oppression, influenced by his Rastafarian faith.
Despite his immense success, Marley remained committed to his cultural roots and activism. He survived an assassination attempt in 1976, underscoring his political influence. Marley died in 1981 from cancer at the age of 36 but left a lasting legacy as a global cultural icon and a symbol of peace and freedom.
"All music is root music that comes from...a
creativeness. Once it creates it is root music.
If it is a follow thing then it is not roots. We
are dealing with the creativity, the creative
power. You know?"
creativeness. Once it creates it is root music.
If it is a follow thing then it is not roots. We
are dealing with the creativity, the creative
power. You know?"
"The people who are trying to make this
world worse are not taking a day off.
Why should I?"
world worse are not taking a day off.
Why should I?"
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"We play what we want to play, when we want
to play it, how we want to play it. And we have
a reason why we play it."
to play it, how we want to play it. And we have
a reason why we play it."
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"Possessions make you rich? I don't
have that type of richness. My richness
is life, forever."
have that type of richness. My richness
is life, forever."
"The problem is people are being hated
when they are real, and are being loved when
they are fake."
when they are real, and are being loved when
they are fake."
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"A majority of the world suffers, masses of
the people suffer. This music comes from
the masses of the people."
the people suffer. This music comes from
the masses of the people."
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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.”
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“The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her.”
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