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The library takes me away from my everyday life and allows me to see other places and learn to understand other people unlike myself.

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
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Library
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If you discover a word in my book that you don't understand, ask your parents so they can look it up in the dictionary for you.
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I'm a writer and this is what I love to do.
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We seal our fate with the choices we make.
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Everybody's not as fortunate as I've been that can have their hubby with them on the road, that we can do whatever we want and mainly be honest with the kids. Just the time that you do give them, make it be great time. It doesn't have to be hours.
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More than anything I want to be able to go back to Cuba, to have a house to visit there, to know my roots. Then, at last, I could sing for my people.
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My friends call me 'Dolittle One' [a reference to her physical stature and affinity for animals].
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To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation.
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[Cuban coffee is] very powerful, very sweet, and a little dangerous - just like the people who drink it.
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There is nothing better than humor to keep a marriage going.
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Everything's funny for God's sake. Everything.
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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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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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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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I spent my childhood alone, overweight and ugly, angry at everything, and knowing nothing of a life beyond this sadness.
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Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another.
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If there's ever been a dark moment in my life... well, I wanted to check out. Music was a big escape.
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I tell him [husband Emilio] you are lucky I am not a jealous woman, because look at the women he's worked with: Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Thalia, Madonna. These very sexy women. I trust him.
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You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.
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My Conga people [fans] will find me anywhere I go.
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