Jamaica Quotes - Page 4

• I wouldn't have become an engineer, I wouldn't have done what I did, had a hand not been held out to me. I have to remember who helped me when I needed help. The people of Jamaica helped me. I can't forget that. I would be ungrateful if I forgot.

  Michael Lee-Chin

  Ungrateful People, Hands, Would Be

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• Countries like Jamaica do not have a random program, so they can go months without being tested. I'm not saying anyone is on anything, but everyone needs to be on a level playing field.

  Carl Lewis

  Country, Needs, Level Playing Field

  "Carl Lewis speaks out on Bolt, U.S. performance in Beijing, more". Interview with Arash Markazi, www.si.com. September 11, 2008.

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• At Harvard, I got to meet and have dinner with Jamaica Kincaid. Just to have conversations with professors was absolutely amazing.

  Yara

  Dinner, Professors, Harvard

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• I went back to Jamaica after living in New York and started to work on experimental stuff and basically I grew as a filmmaker. I went to film school; I was a PA on a lot of projects and I worked so hard, you know, you're young and I learned from different mentors. And luck put me in the position to work with amazing people. One of my mentors by the name of Little X, who took me under his wing after I came out of film school and moved to New York. I worked in videos for Jay-Z, Pharrell to Busta Rhymes and Wyclef. I quickly realized how much I wanted to make films instead of music videos.

  Storm Saulter

  New York, School, Names

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Being a military child, we moved a lot and we developed different vernaculars from moving from the south, to the Midwest, and seeing the world. Going from New York to California and from Jamaica Queens to the South, I was always the new kid, or had the army crew haircut. I expected people to pick up on me. My brother kinda stole all of my old jokes. He got his inspiration from me.

  Joe Torry

  Brother, New York, Queens

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I write songs on a universal basis. I was born out of the earth of Jamaica which I consider to be a part of Atlantis, the sunk continent, but that's my thing. But I write songs on a universal basis, not like Jamaican songs.

  Jimmy Cliff

  Song, Writing, Earth

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn't that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental.

  Grace Jones

  Growing Up, Thinking, Hymns

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• I love running in nature. I don't like running on the streets, I don't like running in the city, I don't like running on the concrete. I love running in nature, so Jamaica provides a lot of that for me.

  Ziggy Marley

  Running, Cities, Concrete

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big.

  Ziggy Marley

  Pressure, Bigs, Feels

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've been in Africa, America, moving around a lot. It's helped me to open up my mind. I was born in Jamaica; I've lived all my life there and got all I could from Jamaica. But I needed to be somewhere else to grow.

  Ziggy Marley

  Moving, Somewhere Else, America

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I started DJing soundclashes. I used to go to Jamaica a lot. I was like a hip-hop sound boy, where I took the dancehall culture and mixed it up with the hip-hop as well. I kept going, going, and I got real hot in the streets of Miami - you know, doing pirate radio - then ended up doing 99 Jamz, the big station out there.

  DJ Khaled

  Real, Boys, Hip Hop

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• I'm a spiritual man and I've always felt connected to Rastafari. I'm not a Rastafarian but I've got so much respect for the lifestyle and religion, and I'm so thankful I was able to meet some of the most influential Rastafarians during my Jamaica trip. They taught me so much and really helped me evolve into who I am today.

  Snoop Dogg

  Spiritual, Men, Who I Am

  "Snoop Dogg/Lion: ‘The ‘Turbo’ Interview with Kam Williams". Interview with Kam Williams, www.eurweb.com. July 31, 2013.

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• In hindsight I can see that my love for the arts began by watching my father and his colleagues perform on stage in Jamaica, and running a muck among the exhibits of fabulous Jamaican art at the National Gallery while mum was upstairs curating.

  Michael Hyatt

  Running, Art, Father

  Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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• The 70's was a great time for artistic expression in Jamaica and I was in the heart of it, unconsciously soaking it up and paving my future.

  Michael Hyatt

  Heart, Expression, Artistic

  Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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• I'm proud to have opened [two] schools in Africa and one in Jamaica [through the Serena Williams Fund and its partners]. I was given a lot. I was given two parents. That's already starting above a lot of kids. And then I was given the opportunity to play tennis and parents who supported that. I feel I can give back.

  Serena Williams

  Kids, School, Opportunity

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• One of the things we're trying to do more of is not just take money from corporate partnerships, but get more involved in the business side for when I retire. So Puma are going to make me an ambassador for life. I have a clothing line coming out. I am investing a lot in housing in Jamaica, buildings for rent.

  Usain Bolt

  Clothing Line, Trying, Lines

  "Usain Bolt talks secret post-season parties, fame and the fear of losing". Interview with Alastair Campbell, www.gq-magazine.co.uk. August 15, 2016.

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• I live between Jamaica and Paris.

  Jimmy Cliff

  Paris

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Just getting back to the essence. Even the record I put out, "1 of 1," I went to Jamaica and shot that video and I'm singing in the song - that was different for me.

  Tyga

  Song, Essence, Singing

  "ManCrushMonday: Tyga Wants You to Know There's A Lot More to Him Than Kylie Jenner". Interview with Erica Gonzales, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 30, 2016.

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• Jamaica is one of the most musically influential nations in the world. Throughout the entire globe, there are pockets that are constantly in touch with what goes on in the dancehall community, from Germany to Japan, to different parts of Africa like Ghana.

  Kreesha Turner

  Ghana, Japan, Community

  Source: www.thefader.com

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• Jamaica is an island that is filled with so much culture.

  Kreesha Turner

  Islands, Culture, Filled

  Source: www.realstylenetwork.com

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• Jamaica is so musical, diverse and so extreme, from people singing in the streets to dancing.

  Kreesha Turner

  People, Dancing, Musical

  Source: www.realstylenetwork.com

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• [Kingston, Jamaica] is the city, it's not a beautiful beach. But at the same time when I go to Jamaica, that's the only place I want to go. It's where the culture is its richest. Or if you have the opportunity, you can go to the North Coast and go to Montego Bay. That's where you get the beauty of the miles of beaches and beautiful resorts.

  Kreesha Turner

  Beautiful, Beach, Opportunity

  Source: www.realstylenetwork.com

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• I actually had nuggets and mostly Asian food when I was at the Olympics. But as soon as I got back to Jamaica, or when I was in London, I had a lot of wings. That was the first thing I asked for - "Hey, get me some wings."

  Usain Bolt

  Wings, Nuggets, Asian

  "Q&A with Usain Bolt: Protests, doping scandals, post-track life ... and wings". ESPN Interview, abcnews.go.com. September 23, 2016.

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• Why couldn't there be even a western slasher, or why couldn't there be a serial killer in a kind of pirate buccaneer Caribbean, just someone that's just doing terrible, terrible things in the ports, the sexy ports of Jamaica during the Pirate Renaissance.

  Robert Englund

  Sexy, Pirate, Serial Killer

  Source: bloody-disgusting.com

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• I mean, Manhattan is cool. But weird parts, I like that. Jamaica, Queens, that's great.

  Mac DeMarco

  Queens, Mean, Manhattan

  Source: lagroupie.tumblr.com

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