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Gloria Estefan

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Gloria Estefan
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: September 1
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Havana
Cuba
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan
Gloria Maria Milagrosa Fajardo Garcia de Estefan
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Performing is one of the best feelings I know!
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And, because of the life that I shared with these two amazing women [her mother and maternal grandmother] and the hardships and struggles that I saw them overcome, I learned an invaluable lesson, and that is that women can do anything we set our minds to... and then some!
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What's the point if you make something that's not you, and you're successful? You have to perform it the rest of your life.
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A woman's exterior beauty is a reflection of her internal peace and happiness.
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I was a straight-A student, baby!
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It's a universal story, it's an immigrant story, and it's a love story. In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.
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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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The secret of a long marriage is shaving your legs every day . . . because it shows you still care.
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I think we should all live the moment. But you also have to think ahead. You have to think, 'Am I going to be happy with this five, ten years from now? Is it going to let me evolve and grow, or am I going to grow to one day wish I had never done it?' Sometimes you just have to think a little bit ahead.
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Music is almost mystical to me. It really has an incredibly powerful force.
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I don't want anything from Cuba. I want them to be free and enjoy the things I enjoy.
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It is always so, I guess, validating when you meet somebody that you esteem -- and then they turn out to be everything [you thought] and more.
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Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.
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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 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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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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[After a poor prognosis for recovery from her doctor following her 1990 bus accident] I said if it is up to me, I'm going to be OK.
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If the 70's freed our inhibitions, what good did it do?
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I'm very comfortable in my own skin now. I started just being myself more and more. For women, this happens as you get older. I loved my 40s - I thought they were fantastic. And I'm loving my 50s. I'm going to love everything because you're either older or dead!
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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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