Federico Garcia Lorca Quotes

The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, jazz, and cocktails. That is all. And in Cuba, in our America, they make much better cocktails.

Federico Garcia Lorca

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  Federico Garcia Lorca
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  • America
  • Jazz