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Gloria Estefan
195 quotes
“When I wrote "Words Get in the Way" my husband and I had just had a horrendous argument . . . . [After it was an international hit] My husband said, "We have to have more arguments.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gayle King XM satellite radio program (October 23, 2006)
“As a writer, I see myself more as a communicator. For me, writing is the best part of my career.”
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Recorded in: Billboard Magazine" (11 October 2003)
“I'm signed to release the third book in the series. When they invited me to do the Noelle book I had started on an autobiography, sort of, because I still get a lot of questions about that. I done so much music in my life, and writing is a beautiful outlet to continue to grow.”
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Recorded in: Reuters (November 17, 2006)
“When I did "Unwrapped" -- that's one of my favorite albums I've ever done in my life -- I love it when someone listens to the whole album. But I would rather them be able to buy some songs that they like, [rather] than not buy the album at all . . . . You can't fight technology. You can't fight, you know, the consumer.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: thestrippodcast.com (September 9, 2006)
“I fought my company [Sony] tooth and nail when they stopped putting out singles.”
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Recorded in: thestrippodcast.com (September 9, 2006)
“For I've finally realized, that I could be infinitely better than before, definitely stronger. I'll face whatever comes my way, I'll savor each moment of the day, Love as many people as I can along the way. Help someone who's given up, even if it's just to raise my eyes and pray.”
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“Sometimes one bad decision can mess up your life. We seal our fate with the choices we make. But don't give a second thought to the chances we take... Surely, you say, it's not as bad as you make it sound. If we make a mistake, you can always turn it back around. Get back on the straight and narrow -- When I'm through having all my fun . . . We seal our fate with the choices we make . . .”
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“I just want to be happy, joyous and free.”
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“I want my Cuba free!”
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“I think I deserve this (honorary) law degree just because I have been sued so much . . . For those of you heading out into the world -- don't be scared, getting sued is the first sign of success. As long as you didn't do anything wrong -- don't worry about it. It's just part of this great country.”
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Recorded in: speech after award of honorary law degree from Barry University (Miami, Florida) (22 May 2002)
“My friends call me 'Dolittle One' [a reference to her physical stature and affinity for animals].”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Book Standard (4 June 2005)
“I wanted to talk to very young kids about self-image and about being different and how that can be your strength, especially from the immigrant perspective.”
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Recorded in: The Book Standard (4 June 2005)
“I saved her {pet bulldog Noelle's) life -- and she changed mine. [Noelle is the title character of The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog -- Estefan's first children's book.]”
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Recorded in: The Book Standard (4 June 2005)
“Just because we're celebrities, we shouldn't get dissed. What people might be complaining about is that they think a lot of these [other] celebrities don't write their own books. But I've written every word in this book -- both in English and in Spanish. I love music and I love children and I love animals, and it's a great combo of all those things.”
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Recorded in: Estefan's response to people who say, "Here goes another celebrity using her name to get published." The New York Daily News (October 30, 2005)
“[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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Recorded in: The New York Daily News (October 30, 2005)
“We [Emilio and I] have diversified: We run four restaurants, a hotel, a recording studio, a publishing company, and we have our corporate offices and a lot of other real estate.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Billboard Magazine (11 October 2003)
“For 15 years [Miami Sound Machine and I] recorded and toured to establish a fan base. Now it's time for me to enjoy it.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: People en Espanol (April, 2004)
“When I began singing 'Conga' athletes from all over the world busted out of formation to dance with me, [and] I thought: 'Wow, what a great choreography!.' I thought it was planned. But then the tower started shaking and I thought: 'Great, first the bus, then the boat, now the tower!'”
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Recorded in: comment after the Olympic Closing Ceremonies in 1996
“My home is my paradise. When I come home at night, I feel an overall peaceful sensation. We will never give this place up.”
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Recorded in: People en Espanol magazine (April, 2004)
“Are you kidding me!”
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Recorded in: answer on "The View" television program to question asking if she ever flies economy (December 14, 2005)
“. . . Latino or Hispanic families are quite matriarchal, if you hadn't noticed -- despite what we let the men believe. Hey, that's the way it goes. The men know it too, but we have to keep that illusion alive for them -- that there're the boss. Hey, I see that strikes a cord. Thank God, the men are applauding too.”
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Recorded in: address to League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) on July 1, 2005
“And we think the world would benefit from a much more feminine approach to the problems we are facing in the world today. Yes. The world needs to be nurtured and loved and rocked and caressed -- it needs some softness to balance out. And, I think, little by little we'll be able to give it that -- besides strength, because, you know, we have the babies for a reason. Yes, indeed.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: address to LULAC (July 1, 2005)
“[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.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: address to LULAC (July 1, 2005)
“But, I'm sure you weren't aware of the dream that was born in me when I was small . . . Well, let me rephrase that -- when I was young -- because, technically, I'm still very small. And I get this from everybody when they meet me: 'You're so tiny.' I guess I am. I don't feel any height, but, apparently, I am not that big.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: address to LULAC (July 1, 2005)
“I dreamed of becoming a writer. And . . . this dream is about to become a reality with the publication of my first, and hopefully not my last, children's book . . .”
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Recorded in: address to LULAC (July 1, 2005)
“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!”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: address to LULAC (July 1, 2005)
“I wrote these two songs ["Coming Out of the Dark" and "Always Tomorrow"] as a celebration of hope. And, I want to send it out to all of those people who are suffering through this terrible disaster [Hurricane Katrina], and please know that you are not alone -- and you will not be.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Larry King Live television program (September 9, 2005)
“The separation of families to me is very close to my heart because we lived that as immigrants. I strongly feel that we all connected, and 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. I am privileged to help in some way, and I will always take that opportunity.”
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Recorded in: comment to The Associated Press (September 10, 2005) as she prepared to lead a contingent of Hispanic-American entertainers on a humanitarian mission to Hurricane Katrina victims in Louisiana and Mississippi
“Toys are not a need people typically think of, but they've got all these kids who have absolutely nothing to do.”
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Recorded in: comment to USA Today newspaper (September 15, 2005) explaining why she, Emilio and other prominent Hispanic entertainers personally delivered a planeload of toys and other aid to three shelters with Hurricane Katrina vi…
“We wanted to not just have a presence there [areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina] and raise awareness in the Hispanic community -- and anyone else who might be watching -- but leave them a little better than when we got there.”
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“We want the disaster victims to know we have not forgotten them. I'm here with help.”
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Recorded in: comment about Hurricane Katrina relief effort on September 12, 2005
“We took portable showers, Pampers and clothes for kids [in a Hurricane Katrina shelter]. I sang for them and played the guitar . . . At least for a little while, they saw that someone wasn't forgetting them. It lifted their spirits, and I knew they were a little more comfortable when we left.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: greenbaypressgazette.com (October 5, 2005)
“Everyone is helping each other out. That's what we do . . . . You know what happens? Infrastructure might not come through -- but people do come through. We all try to do our best. I know we just got power back in one of our restaurants, and I know there are a lot of people without power. So, we invited a thousand people with children to come over and have a hot lunch on us.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: comment in aftermath of Hurricane Wilma (CNN's Showbiz Tonight-October 27, 2005)
“My foundation trys to help people that fall through the cracks, [people] that can't get help from big organizations . . . . We try to fill in where [other] people don't help out.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: CNN's Showbiz Tonight (October 27, 2005)
“I overheard backstage . . . Did someone just auction off Emilio and me? That was scary!”
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Recorded in: comment to audience at "Miami Rocks for [Hurricane Katrina] Relief" concert on September 30, 2005
“I'm a writer. I've written most of the music we've performed. Most people don't know that because no one cares who writes the music. But, that's who I am. I've written poetry since I was a little girl. Music was an evolution of that.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: greenbaypressgazette.com (October 5, 2005)
“If Michael Jackson could write a song for a rat, I could write a song for [my pet bulldog] Noelle.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: contactmusic.com (December 14, 2005)
“I've been offered a lot of things that celebrities do that I wouldn't do -- like perfumes, lines of clothing and this that and the other. But this [children's book] is right up my alley.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reuters News Agency (October 10, 2005)
“I've bought more music for my Ipod in one year than I bought in the last ten years of my life.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: thestrippodcast.com (September 9, 2006)
“I'm a writer and this is what I love to do. There's no reason that just because you're a celebrity, you can't write.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reuters News Agency (October 10, 2005)
“I'd like them to see that those things that set us apart or make us different can be wonderful contributions to the world around us. I'd like them to see that size and color are irrelevant to the dreams we envision for ourselves. And I'd also love for them to see that life is a journey, and every step of the way, we can learn something and become stronger and wiser.”
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Recorded in: answer to what she would like young readers to take away after reading her first children's book -- quote from Latina Magazine (October 2005)
“I can tell you I wrote every single word in this [her first children's] book -- in English and Spanish. I've been writing poetry and stories since I was a kid. And I am a songwriter. But you have limitations when you are a songwriter . . . . It was really a luxury to have 31 pages to expound upon.”
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Recorded in: The Chicago Tribune (October 16, 2005)
“I totally animal-oriented. I've got nine dogs, eight birds, turtles, fish -- and I had wallabies at one point.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reuters News Agency (October 10, 2005)
“The script [for the movie based on the life of singer Connie Francis -- "Who's Sorry Now?"] is finished and is in the hands of several artists to see if somebody wants to film at the start of [2006].”
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Recorded in: eluniveral.com.mx (December 9, 2005)
“However long we live here, however much I feel at home in Miami, I -- like everyone else -- am an exile, an exile who cannot go home.”
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Recorded in: cubanet.org (May 15, 2000)
“We spent all our time lighting candles in the churches and praying for father's safe return. But even then [1961 and 1962], as a little girl, I knew that he was really in prison and that God had nothing to do with it. Since then I have never had any belief in religion.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: cubanet.org (May 15, 2000)
“I spent my childhood alone, overweight and ugly, angry at everything, and knowing nothing of a life beyond this sadness.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: cubanet.org (May 15, 2000)
“. . . My best friend [as a young girl] made this mole on my face, because she would get in a fight with me and scratch me -- by the third time the scab came off the [mole] was there . . .”
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Recorded in: Hallmark Channel's This Morning with Naomi Judd (January 29, 2006)
“[After the 1990 bus accident] I could not feel my legs, and I knew that I was paralyzed. For me, this was a premonition of my worst fate proved right. When I was a child, I always ran up the stairs two at a time, and when I reached the top I would say to myself, one day I won't be able to do this because like my father I will lose the use of my body. Now I knew it had happened. For months afterwards I was locked back in myself, just as I had been when I was a child. But also part of my premonition had always been, strangely, that I would lose my body but in the end it would be all right.”
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Recorded in: cubanet.org (May 15, 2000}
“I have had a life in which I have had to face every big fear, and it has not been pleasant.”
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Recorded in: cubanet.org (May 15, 2000)