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Quotes by Cuban Authors

"Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen."

"Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen."

Bert Campaneris, Cuban Athlete

Baseball, Play, Years

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"You would give up your career if you lost your voice for good, or if the impresarios stopped calling, or the audiences stopped coming. But as long as those things are there, I don't plan to stop. There is nothing that makes me feel better than to be with my public."

"You would give up your career if you lost your voice for good, or if the impresarios stopped calling, or the audiences stopped coming. But as long as those things are there, I don't plan to stop. There is nothing that makes me feel better than to be with my public."

Celia Cruz, Cuban Musician

Audience, Audiences, Career, Nothing, Public

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"It is the duty of man to raise up man."

"It is the duty of man to raise up man."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

4

"I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I've got."

"I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I've got."

Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban Athlete

People, Hope, Career

4

"No thieves, no traitors, no interventionists! This time the revolution is for real!"

"No thieves, no traitors, no interventionists! This time the revolution is for real!"

Fidel Castro, Cuban Statesman

Time, Revolution

4

"A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past."

"A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past."

Fidel Castro, Cuban Statesman

Death, Future, Revolution, Past

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"We're going to take risks. What has always been will not necessarily always be forever."

"We're going to take risks. What has always been will not necessarily always be forever."

Roberto Goizueta, Cuban Businessman

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"Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making."

"Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

Talent, Obligation, World

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"When I look back, it was a strange period in my life, looking at my childhood and then my teenage years and forming Slayer when I was still 17, not out of high school."

"When I look back, it was a strange period in my life, looking at my childhood and then my teenage years and forming Slayer when I was still 17, not out of high school."

Dave Lombardo, Cuban Musician

Life, Childhood, School, Teenage

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"When it comes to musicians, I'm like the daddy of musicians here in Cuba."

"When it comes to musicians, I'm like the daddy of musicians here in Cuba."

Compay Segundo, Cuban Musician

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"Yes, but I - you know, it's been such a long time, I'm sure that I've got cousins and uncles that I've never met before, you know, that I've left behind."

"Yes, but I - you know, it's been such a long time, I'm sure that I've got cousins and uncles that I've never met before, you know, that I've left behind."

Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban Athlete

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"I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding is being cut more and more and more."

"I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding is being cut more and more and more."

Jon Secada, Cuban Musician

Education, Music, Time, Being

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"My style is a very universal sound, which is very close to where I grew up."

"My style is a very universal sound, which is very close to where I grew up."

Jon Secada, Cuban Musician

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"In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation."

"In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation."

Compay Segundo, Cuban Musician

Experience, Moderation, Old, Order

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"I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book."

"I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

4

"In truth, men speak too much of danger."

"In truth, men speak too much of danger."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

Man, Men, Truth, Danger

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"The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well."

"The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

Trust, Life, Future, Honor

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"When I was a junior, boys were allowed to come visit me at the house. We could sit on the porch until about 8 o'clock at night; that's when it started getting dark. That was it."

"When I was a junior, boys were allowed to come visit me at the house. We could sit on the porch until about 8 o'clock at night; that's when it started getting dark. That was it."

Daisy Fuentes, Cuban Actress

Boys, Night, Visit

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"I am against the notion of style in itself."

"I am against the notion of style in itself."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

4

"Those who have always had faith in its final success can do no less than rejoice as if it was our own triumph after five years of daily struggle to impose Cuban music on the European continent."

"Those who have always had faith in its final success can do no less than rejoice as if it was our own triumph after five years of daily struggle to impose Cuban music on the European continent."

Alejo Carpentier, Cuban Novelist

Faith, Music, Success, Struggle

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"A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel."

"A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

Work, Being, Content, Living

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"A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots."

"A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

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"Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice."

"Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

Enemy, Enemies, Liberty, Voice

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"Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title."

"Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

Writing, Titles

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"I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost."

"I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

Inspirational, Work, Inspiration, Order

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"I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good novels; for instance, Cervantes wrote Don Quixote under Catholic censorship."

"I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good novels; for instance, Cervantes wrote Don Quixote under Catholic censorship."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

Censorship, Writers

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"Everything shapes you to be the person you are today. Sometimes hard lessons pay off dividends."

"Everything shapes you to be the person you are today. Sometimes hard lessons pay off dividends."

Al Jourgensen, Cuban Musician

4

"The force of passion is balanced by the force of interest."

"The force of passion is balanced by the force of interest."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

Force, Interest, Passion

4

"An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life."

"An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

Life, Death, Sacrifice, Appetite

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"There's a lot of down time on the road. That part of it I really don't enjoy. There's nothing to do."

"There's a lot of down time on the road. That part of it I really don't enjoy. There's nothing to do."

Dave Lombardo, Cuban Musician

Time, Nothing, Road

4

"An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding."

"An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding."

Alberto Salazar, Cuban Athlete

Goal, Goals, Fun, Journey, Training

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"I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me."

"I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

Politics, First, June, Months

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"It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense."

"It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense."

Jon Secada, Cuban Musician

Wedding, Pretty

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"It was a hard time. It was something I would love to erase from my memory."

"It was a hard time. It was something I would love to erase from my memory."

Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban Athlete

Love, Time, Memory

3

"I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened."

"I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened."

Fidel Castro, Cuban Statesman

3

"To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity."

"To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

Talent, Dignity

3

"American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter."

"American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

Literature, American, Writing

3

"We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport."

"We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport."

Alberto Salazar, Cuban Athlete

Perseverance, May, Race, Running

3

"Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded."

"Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded."

Al Jourgensen, Cuban Musician

3

"Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all."

"Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

3

"And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background."

"And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background."

Jon Secada, Cuban Musician

Education, Music, Career

3

"Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy."

"Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

Freedom, Hypocrisy, Liberty, Man, Right

3

"Art is commenting on what's going on around you in your life."

"Art is commenting on what's going on around you in your life."

Al Jourgensen, Cuban Musician

3

"The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters."

"The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters."

Fidel Castro, Cuban Statesman

Revolution, Dictatorship

3

"I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport."

"I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport."

Alberto Juantorena, Cuban Athlete

Nation, Country, Race, Road

3

"I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz."

"I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz."

Jon Secada, Cuban Musician

3

"Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder."

"Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder."

Jon Secada, Cuban Musician

Thought, Wonder

3

"With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I felt that I proved myself with the first album, and with this new album, I just want to share some of my music. And that was always my feeling and my intention."

"With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I felt that I proved myself with the first album, and with this new album, I just want to share some of my music. And that was always my feeling and my intention."

Jon Secada, Cuban Musician

Music, Time, Feeling, First

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"Singing is my life. It has always been my life. It will always be my life."

"Singing is my life. It has always been my life. It will always be my life."

Celia Cruz, Cuban Musician

Life, Singing, Will

3

"For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page."

"For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

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