Gloria Estefan Quotes
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While hereditary chiefs inhabit the apex of our traditional social systems, it would be a mistake to think they hold all the power. They aren't kings. They aren't dictators. They're answerable to their clans and their matriarchs. All decisions that affect our communities require lengthy, deliberate discussions and careful negotiation.
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Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.
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I almost took a job in Italy. It was really a great opportunity, but they didn't think I had enough international experience.
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I love trying to forge a contract between creator and audience in which we are able to meet halfway, each injecting a part of our own experiences into a story that's being told.
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We believe in freedom, freedom for the people of each country to follow their destiny without external interference.
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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I always thought golf was a game reserved for the rich and the elite... But it's a misconception. It's a highly technical game, and it's a game that you can play and master alone. You require sharp skills for it, and you can play the game alone.
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I have a superhero complex. If I see anything bad happen, I run towards it, rather idiotically because, after all, what could I do?
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Is Naked Juice a beverage, or is it a snack? I think we can liquefy snacks or snackify liquids.
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My husband is in charge of all phone, email and texting duties at home. He even has to turn on the TV and air conditioning because I'm so hopeless with technology.
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And really, the basis, I think, of achieving some success in what I want to do today comes from my mother's push to get me to read and to make something of myself from the standpoint of an education.
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I'm a big Otis Redding fan, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye. My hero is David Bowie. But I like the Beatles, the Stones.
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When you get out of the Marine Corps, you feel like you can do anything.
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I'm an example of why people deserve second chances.
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Most fish require a short cooking time, but cephalopods are the exception to this fishy rule. As with some cuts of larger land beasts, the longer they're cooked, the more tender they get.
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At the end of the day, I want the music industry to be larger than what it is today.
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As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.
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What I love - and I'm a journalist - and what I love is finding hidden patterns; I love being a data detective.
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Make incremental progress, change comes not by the yard, but by the inch.
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Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
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To know much and taste nothing-of what use is that?
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It's particularly hard to take being stabbed in the back close to home. There's always a feeling of betrayal when people of your own group oppose you.
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Performing is one of the best feelings I know!
