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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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David Nesta Marley
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The people don't run the system the people are victims of the system. The people choose the leaders thinking that they will help them. But when they turn around, there is no help.
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The solution for mankind is of a spiritual nature. It is not a political or religious solution. It's the ability to love each other. That's the only solution I see.
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Love is a positive effect. Love can never have a negative effect, only a positive effect.
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Using political tools to change social conditions won't work.
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I'm not a slave to the recording industry. I have the freedom to make an album that I want to make and do it the way I want.
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I'm digging Batman. I'm digging that balance, that duality. He's always on the edge and trying to balance himself within the rules of what's lawful and justice, and being Bruce Wayne and being Batman.
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