Gloria Estefan Quotes
There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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I really don't believe in magic.
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After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.
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It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day.
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I do interval training, high intensity dance, and yoga. I do run a lot, but more for speed.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.
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The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.
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If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
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…words have been all my life, all my life--this need is like the Spider's need who carries before her a huge Burden of Silk which she must spin out--the silk is her life, her home, her safety--her food and drink too--and if it is attacked or pulled down, why, what can she do but make more, spin afresh, design anew….
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Of course, everyone in the New World is an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants, and immigrants have built America and continue to do so. Legal or illegal, they are almost universally good people who work to better their lot and that of their children.
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There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.
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When I was a little kid wanting to play music, it was because of people like Pete Johnson, Huey Smith, Allen Toussaint, Professor Longhair, James Booker, Art Neville ... there was so many piano players I loved in New Orleans. Then there was guys from out of town that would come cut there a lot. There was so many great bebop piano players, so many great jazz piano players, so many great Latin piano players, so many great blues piano players. Some of those Afro-Cuban bands had some killer piano players. There was so many different things going on musically, and it was all of interest to me.
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There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.
