#jamaica

He lacked tenderness; he was rude; and he had more than a streak of cruelty in him; he was a thief and a liar. He stood for everything she feared and hated and despised; but she knew she could love him... This was no choice made with the mind. ↗

— Daphne du Maurier

#love

They basically said that if I didn't show up for school they'd mark me present, they wouldn't send the truant officer after me. At 16 I enrolled in something called continuing education. Once a month I'd go out to Jamaica, but I didn't take it seriously. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#basically #called #continuing #education #enrolled

With my first pay cheque I sent my parents to Jamaica, so they actually got passports! They're pretty grounded; it wasn't until they saw the trailer for 'Battleship' that they were like, 'Ooh, this is a big movie, isn't it?' ↗

— Brooklyn Decker

#big #big movie #cheque #first #got

By the time my first album was out, I had been out in Jamaica three or four years, but I had hits out at that time that were bona fide hits. ↗

— Sean Paul

#been #bona #bona fide #by the time #fide

I left Jamaica for a while, because as an artist I need to experience different things, see the world, have different energies. Living in one place is not good for me. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#because #different #different things #energies #experience

I'm not an American, Do they count the votes in America? I haven't voted in Jamaica either. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#american #count #either #haven #i

I've opened up more by traveling outside Jamaica. It helps me to grow as a person to be outside of my element; to be on my own in a strange place meeting people. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#grow #helps #i #jamaica #me

Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#everywhere #jamaica #problems

Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#i #jamaica #last #last time #orphanage

When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in their paradise. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#come #jamaica #paradise #people #problems