“Universities are turning out thousands of reporters. They are quite bright and they don't have to rhyme.”

—  Mighty Sparrow

Kurlansky, Mark. 1992. A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-52396-5, p. 121.

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