Caribbean Quotes - Page 2

• I've always been a huge fan of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies.

  Abigail Breslin

  Pirate, Fans, Huge

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• I eat everything, that's a problem. I don't have discipline. My favorite dish is the Caribbean. Meat, rice, lots of grains. But I do like to do exercises. Lately, I've been having capoeira classes and lots of cardiovascular exercises, such as jogging and cycling.

  Ricky Martin

  Exercise, Cycling, Class

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

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• I think being born in America and growing up exclusively within the American boundaries of race and race oppression is a very different experience for those of us who grew up under the boundaries of race and race experience in the Caribbean or for those who grew up in Africa.

  Harry Belafonte

  Growing Up, Thinking, America

  "Harry Belafonte Birthday Tribute". The Tavis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. February 28, 2017.

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• I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was a strict household.

  Wyclef Jean

  Father, Parent, Grew Up

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• I come from a little island with the Caribbean Sea on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other. I come from, really, nowhere, and for me, the fiction and the nonfiction, creative or otherwise, all come from the same place.

  Jamaica Kincaid

  Ocean, Islands, Sea

  "Jamaica Kincaid talks about 'See Now Then'". Interview with Kevin Nance, www.chicagotribune.com. February 16, 2013.

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• I meet a lot of characters in the
  islands, people who're running -- who're
  happier on a fishing boat than they
  are back home.When I first got
  down there,I don't know if I was
  running from a real bad heartbreak
  or running to something I thought
  would make me feel better.But
  since I've been spending time in
  the Caribbean, I've come to realize
  that I've got nothing to run from.

  Kenny Chesney

  Running, Real, Home

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• The Caribbean is such an apocalyptic place, whether it's the decimation of the indigenous populations by the Europeans, whether it's the importation of slaves and their subsequent being worked to death by the millions in many ways, whether it's the immigrant processes which began for many people, new worlds ending their old ones.

  Junot Diaz

  People, Population, World

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• Through it all, this wild life on and off the road , through Jordanian deserts , Spanish islands, German prisons, Caribbean tax scams, halls of fame,wine, women, and all the drugs under the sun - one constant companion has never abandoned me . My first true love : singing Its been the savior of many poor boy, and God I know I'm one

  Eric Burdon

  Wine, Boys, Islands

  Eric Burdon, Jeff Marshall Craig (2002). “Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood”, p.316, Da Capo Press

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• The countless number of influential figures in American history who are of Caribbean heritage indicates the need to set aside a designated time to celebrate their contribution to our country.

  Eliot Engel

  Country, Numbers, Needs

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• There's one white powder which is by far the most lethal known, it's called sugar. . . . The Caribbean back in the 18th century was a soft drug producer: sugar, rum, tobacco, chocolate. And in order to do it, they had to enslave Africans.

  Noam Chomsky

  Order, White, Chocolate

  Noam Chomsky's Talk at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, October 18, 2002.

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• Blacks in the Caribbean, Britain, Canada and sub-Saharan Africa as well as in the United States have low IQ scores relative to whites.

  J. Philippe Rushton

  Canada, United States, Lows

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• Nicaragua is becoming the least expensive Caribbean destination.

  Arthur Frommer

  Nicaragua, Becoming, Destination

  Arthur Frommer (2009). “Ask Arthur Frommer: And Travel Better, Cheaper, Smarter”, p.329, John Wiley & Sons

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• If you love Black people, why are you destroying Haiti? If you love Black people, why did you, [Hillary] Clinton, stop them from the rice that they were producing in Haiti to feed themselves and other Caribbean nations? You put the rice industry out of business; and now rice is coming from Arkansas, chicken coming from Arkansas, when it once was growing right there in Haiti.

  Louis Farrakhan

  People, Black, Growing

  "The Breakfast Club Interview with the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan". Interview with DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God and Angela Yee, www.finalcall.com. May 24, 2016.

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• I'm definitely trying to incorporate a Caribbean and reggae element.

  Kreesha Turner

  Trying, Elements, Reggae

  Source: www.realstylenetwork.com

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• A dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.

  Johnny Depp

  Men, Pirate, Sparrows

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• Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S.

  Charles Rangel

  Hurricanes, Strikes, Harder

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• I used my aviation contacts to open a travel agency. I used to book Caribbean flights.

  Joseph Force Crater

  Book, Agency, Aviation

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• What happened to Haiti is a threat that could happen anywhere in the Caribbean to these island nations, you know, because of global warming, because of climate change and all this.

  Danny Glover

  Islands, Haiti, Climate

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• Haiti is the kind of place that grabs your heart, and never lets go ... When you arrive in Port-au-Prince, the first thing that strikes you is how vibrant the colors are. Buses, buildings, fences, clothing, everything is brightly painted in primary hues. On closer inspection, you see the reality behind this brightly colored landscape: a dark, grinding poverty, the worst in the Western hemisphere.

  Andrea Mitchell

  Letting Go, Heart, Dark

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• Thats what a ship is, you know. Its not a keel and a hull and a deck and sails. Thats what a ship needs. But what a ship is. What the Black Pearl really is . . . is freedom.

  Johnny Depp

  Sailing, Black, Nautical

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• You've got to take responsibility for the hell that you've been giving to our people not only in America, but in Haiti and the Caribbean, and now in Africa. [Hillary] Clinton, your hand is bloody

  Louis Farrakhan

  Responsibility, Hands, America

  "The Breakfast Club Interview with the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan". www.finalcall.com. July 5, 2016.

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• I don't buy a lot of things. I like to create things. I've been lucky enough to be able to build my beautiful island in the Caribbean. I certainly haven't regretted that.

  Richard Branson

  Beautiful, Islands, Lucky

  A Drink With Interview, adrinkwith.com. April 29, 2015.

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• So far, I've only sailed in the Caribbean. I've sailed the Virgin Island and The Grenadines. I liked all that. We charted some really crummy boats in the Grenadines. That made for an exciting sailing trip (laughs) when everything goes well. When everything goes well. When sails rip, engines freeze up and you find there are organisms growing inside the diesel, it's terrible and amazing stuff.

  Bill Murray

  Rip, Islands, Laughing

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• I ain't got no time for a Caribbean cruise, just give me a song and a beer.

  John Fogerty

  Song, Work, Beer

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• How did Italy manage to end up with no Caribbean islands at all? Christopher Columbus took the trouble to discover the Caribbean personally before the end of the fifteenth century. Try to get a decent plate of spaghetti there now.

  Calvin Trillin

  Travel, Home, Islands

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