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Jimmy Cliff Quotes: I'd rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave.
         

I'd rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave.


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People in the Hall of Fame tend to clap their hands and say, 'OK, I've done it all,' but for me, it was a new beginning.

People in the Hall of Fame tend to clap their hands and say, 'OK, I've done it all,' but for me, it was a new beginning.



Got your mind set on a dream, you can get it though how hard it may seem.

Got your mind set on a dream, you can get it though how hard it may seem.



Good thinking brings good feeling and good feeling brings good thinking.

Good thinking brings good feeling and good feeling brings good thinking.



Rome was not built in a day Opposition will come your way But the harder the battle you see It's the sweeter the victory

Rome was not built in a day Opposition will come your way But the harder the battle you see It's the sweeter the victory



I love to create and that's what gives my soul the satisfaction.

I love to create and that's what gives my soul the satisfaction.



And I keep on fighting for the things I want. Though I know that when you're dead you can't. But I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave.

And I keep on fighting for the things I want. Though I know that when you're dead you can't. But I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave.



In the country, people are kind. In the city, people are hard an' cold, like the concrete and steel.

In the country, people are kind. In the city, people are hard an' cold, like the concrete and steel.



I've done a lot of things to become what I've become, out to create and establish a musical form and I call it movie.

I've done a lot of things to become what I've become, out to create and establish a musical form and I call it movie.



Social justice has always been a part of my inspiration. For example, when the Vietnam War was going on, I wrote a song about that.

Social justice has always been a part of my inspiration. For example, when the Vietnam War was going on, I wrote a song about that.



Beyond everything else, that's one of the things that kept us going, that keeps me going, you know, the eternal love, knowing that I am in the love of the all and all love is in me.

Beyond everything else, that's one of the things that kept us going, that keeps me going, you know, the eternal love, knowing that I am in the love of the all and all love is in me.





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Kindness is a rose, love is a bundle.

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Insanity on top of insanity. Even the voices in his head were hearing voices. Nice.

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Unlike most European countries, the police in the US are decentralized; even the FBI has regional offices. Amending the constitution is a long and tedious process.

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Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

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I do dance music, and I can be pretty camp myself from time to time.

I do dance music, and I can be pretty camp myself from time to time.



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Change was as much about loss as gain, about giving something up even as you reached for something new or different. The world was opening up, not closing in.

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The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.

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