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Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.

Gloria Estefan

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Gloria Estefan
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: September 1
Actor
Film Actor
Recording Artist
Singer-Songwriter
Television Actor
Havana
Cuba
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan
Gloria Maria Milagrosa Fajardo Garcia de Estefan
Motherhood
Inspiring
Difficult
Rewarding

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You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.
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A woman's exterior beauty is a reflection of her internal peace and happiness.
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In Europe there's the upper crust, and these are long, historically families and social systems that have certain established rules that's harder to break into.
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[My mother] closed the school the next day [after a visit from Castro's soldiers], because she knew that the purpose of education was the broadening and opening of children's minds. And she couldn't be a party to the systematic closing of minds, borders, freedoms and ideals.
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The challenge is always as a writer, is this going to work, because it's a very intimate process, and I tend to be very introverted and insular, and when I write, it's in my head.
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Performing is one of the best feelings I know!
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My family was musical on both sides. My father’s family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to be Shirley Temple’s double — she was the diva of the family. At 8, I learned how to play guitar. I used to play songs from the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s in the kitchen for my grandmother.
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The music is one of the beautiful things that has survived the Castro regime. I have played for audiences all over the world but I've never played for a Cuban audience. For [husband] Emilio and me, the music is the one tie to our homeland.
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You've got a new Spanish-language album out now [90 Millas, released in September of 2007], and the single [No Llores] is #1 on the Billboard Latin chart.
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The last thing I wanted to do was put politics into my music... because music was my escape.
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I am trying to teach my children to feel a responsibility for their fellow human beings and a sense of connection with ... the world around them.
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Getting this caliber of musicians together [for 90 Millas CD in September of 2007] is almost impossible to do again.
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One of the most beautiful things we can give our child is music education.
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When you are happy it is harder to write [songs].
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I spent 15 years on the road between touring and recording and I never saw anything. I want to enjoy life.
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She's an amazing dog and really inspired everything that's in this book.
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You want your fans to like what you do, because it's coming from your heart and soul. You write it, you produce this thing. It's like your baby.
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Those of you who speak only English, applaud [audience applause]. Those of you who speak only Spanish, applaud [audience applause]. [In mock incredulity] Then how do you know what I just said?
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My guitar and singing was my way of crying.
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[My first children's book] is very subliminal, let's put it that way. It even has a bit of a metaphysical little message in there [about how] we're all somehow connected and we all have a responsibility toward each other. Although you may feel alone in the world, you definitely are not.
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