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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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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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I voted, always vote. It's very important to me. My kids, I take them with me since they were little, so they realize it's a responsibility.
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It's important to me that the words that I put out there into the cosmos, into the universe, be empowering or somehow positive for people that hear them, or maybe be cathartic if someone is having a relationship that's having a tough time.
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The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come. Where will you be a few years down the line. Will it be everything you dreamed of. We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.
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Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it, it's yours to have.
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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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My grandmother would shanghai pilots at the Havana airport so they'd bring me cartons of mango baby food - the only kind I'd eat. I learned to eat peach later. And in every carton, she'd slip a Cuban record.
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A woman's exterior beauty is a reflection of her internal peace and happiness.
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My guitar and singing was my way of crying.
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I've sung since I talked, when I'm two, but what I sang was ballads, because it's very hard to do a dance track with your little acoustic guitar when you're a kid.
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We seal our fate with the choices we make.
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I received an award for 25 million in [album] sales the night before the bus accident [in 1990].
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My inspirations include the Beatles - love, love, love them - Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wonder.
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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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Music is almost mystical to me. It really has an incredibly powerful force.
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The secret of a long marriage is shaving your legs every day . . . because it shows you still care.
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Everything's funny for God's sake. Everything.
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We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.
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I was going to study at the Sorbonne and become a diplomat. Being a diplomat comes in handy when you are dealing with record companies.
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I have a twenty-month-old baby, a sixteen-year-old boy - same maturity level.
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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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