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If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But we're man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be.
Ziggy Marley
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Ziggy Marley
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 17
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Jamaica
David Nesta Marley
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I don't fight creativity. I don't fight against not being creative. If I'm not being creative, I'm not forcing it.
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I'm into anything that really helps children.
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