Battle Quote by Jimmy Cliff

“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”

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If I don't channel pain into a song, I play my guitar or play the piano or play my drums, or go swimming.

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I’ve abused myself a lot over the years. But my voice is still intact – really, it’s better.

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I have not become the artist I believe I am. I want to become a stadium act. I'm not done at all.

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Look at the waterfall! See how the shadow scroll. If you belive me, we'll stay together.

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“I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than to live life as a puppet or a slave”

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I grew up in the church and had always questioned what they were telling me.

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My pigment is of the earth, and collecting my sacred fire from my solar plexus with the central sun of the earth.

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I'm very attached to my family and protective of them and miss them, and that situation, my connection with that can make me become…

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I visit studios. Just to get the feel, the smell, and see what other people are doing. Not only listening to the radio, but…

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

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I need you everyday and we'll stay this way. The same ol'place we found It's ours forever.

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Rastafari means to live in nature, to see the Creator in the wind, sea and storm. Other religions pointed to the sky, and while…

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In the battle for police reform, accountability and justice, Americans don't have to re-invent the wheel. We just have to revoke the thing that…

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This is, for an accomplished Latino, an accomplished African American, an accomplished anyone who disproves stereotypes, it's a constant battle in your life.

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“Which people take the time to care for their souls, these days? I reckon not many. But...hear this: I think that maybe in our lives -- in our scrabbling for food, in the washing of our bodies and warming of them, in our small daily battles -- we can forget our souls. We do not tend to them, as if…

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Only great and general battles can produce great results

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Life is a battle of wits, and many people have to fight it unarmed.

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Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crèche, learning to…

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There's little in taking or giving, There's little in water or wine: This living, this living, this living, Was never a project of mine. Oh, hard is the struggle, and sparse is The gain of the one at the top, For art is a form of catharsis, And love is a permanent flop, And work is the province of cattle,…

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When I step into the batters box. The fans, the noise, the cheers, they all disappear. For that moment, the world is just a…

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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I knew Jimmy Dean. He tested for 'Battle Cry'. Paul Newman tested for 'Battle Cry'. I did nine tests to finally get that role.

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“When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice. Only in this moment can we discover that which is timeless. Only here can we find the love that we seek. Love in the past…

Jack Kornfield

Love is a battle," said Marie-Claude, still smiling. "And I plan to go on fighting. To the end." Love is a battle?" said Franz. "Well, I don't feel at all like fighting." And he left.

Milan Kundera