“We don't have education, we have inspiration; if I was educated I would be a damn fool.”

— Bob Marley

As recorded in Time Will Tell (1992), a documentary by Declan Lowney
Variant: We don't have education we have inspiration; if I was educated I would be a damn fool.
Source: Bob Marley - Legend

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Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician 1945–1981

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