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Quotes by Cuban Authors
"He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief."
"A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past."
"When it comes to musicians, I'm like the daddy of musicians here in Cuba."
"And for me, it's been, not only where I learned, but the people that I met there. Most of the people that I work with are guys that, one way or another, have been associated with the university."
"Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971."
"Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas."
"A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots."
"I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game."
"I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish."
"We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from."
"We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport."
"I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American."
"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."
"Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making."
"It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the street, it all becomes fiction as soon as you write it down."
"I would love to go back and help rebuild that country and help - you know, kind of like what's going on with Iraq right now. You know, they've got a new government in place. They're trying to rebuild the country. I would love for that to happen in Cuba also."
"I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book."
"The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete."
"Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title."
"Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them."
"It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you."
"Can you imagine that Cuba and Europe's youth, who had forgotten about traditional music, who only thought of rock music, are now looking back towards their grandparents? That is a phenomenon."
"American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter."
"Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded."
"Because people are very interested in my poetry, in what I say."
"Art is commenting on what's going on around you in your life."
"The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters."
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