Gloria Estefan Quotes
Getting this caliber of musicians together [for "90 Millas" CD in September of 2007] is almost impossible to do again.

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We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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I don't know that much about who directs what movies, but I'm definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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I'm an all-or-nothing person.
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Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.
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I like the map feature on the iPhone that tells me where I am, because I travel a lot.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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It's easy to forget the ever-plodding eBay with all the noise made by the more lithe and lively Web 2.0 companies.
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Only very brave mouse makes nest in cat's ear.
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I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the media focus. I'm happy my day is done. It's over.
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When you have a 'solution thinking mindset' - and choose to focus 80% of your thoughts/words on solutions - you will not only be heading more speedily to long-term success, but you will immediately feel better in the moment.
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When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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I hope we've got a lot of fairways and greens. We'll go from there.
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Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.
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But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved.
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Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It's very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is very sustaining. But I don't view myself as a political person. I'm just someone who desperately wants to stay alive.
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Fame is such a weird concept. It's sort of intangible... Really, it's a bizarre process to be striving for something, attain it, then have the whole world around you change - but you're still kind of the same in the middle of it.
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Kindness is the golden thread that holds society together.
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People always underestimate me. But if you stick around long enough, act out of conviction, and try to be honorable in everything you do, good things will come to you.
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Perchance that I might learn what pity is, That I might laugh at erring men no more.
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Getting this caliber of musicians together [for "90 Millas" CD in September of 2007] is almost impossible to do again.