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Small: If you want to achieve a high goal, youre going to have to take some chances
"If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances"
Alberto Salazar, Athlete
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Small: Ive run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. Ive won some big races and Ive had some
"I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school"
Alberto Salazar, Athlete
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Small: Ill only stop singing when Im in my grave
"I'll only stop singing when I'm in my grave"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: I am still simple, just as if I were beginning
"I am still simple, just as if I were beginning"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: Every time I talk about this, I say: when the singer is singing, he must be respected, you must be able to hea
"Every time I talk about this, I say: when the singer is singing, he must be respected, you must be able to hear what he's saying. You can't put a trombone and a drum up there, and a microphone on the drum, microphones on everybody. You can't hear what he's saying"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me. What means something is a page tha
"When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me. What means something is a page that has been filled with words"
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Novelist
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Small: When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader
"When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader"
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Novelist
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Small: What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading, a constant interplay bet
"What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading, a constant interplay between the writer on the one hand and the reader on the other"
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Novelist
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Small: I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic
"I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic"
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Novelist
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Small: I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book
"I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book"
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Novelist
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Small: I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write prima
"I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily for myself"
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Novelist
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Small: I think all writing is done through memory
"I think all writing is done through memory"
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Novelist
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Small: I thought that I was going to have to pay them to do what I wanted to do, that was how much fun I was having.
"I thought that I was going to have to pay them to do what I wanted to do, that was how much fun I was having. You're 20 years old and you're hanging out with rock stars and going to fabulous parties, and then you talk about it!"
Daisy Fuentes, Actress
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Small: I love sitting down and talking to people. CNBC gave me a chance to do it in a way that I liked. They gave me
"I love sitting down and talking to people. CNBC gave me a chance to do it in a way that I liked. They gave me a chance to also develop the skills to learn from my mistakes"
Daisy Fuentes, Actress
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Small: The roots of Cuban music are in my head
"The roots of Cuban music are in my head"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: Ive done a lot of things away from my homeland
"I've done a lot of things away from my homeland"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: Everyone should have a philosophy for living better
"Everyone should have a philosophy for living better"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music
"Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: Because people are very interested in my poetry, in what I say
"Because people are very interested in my poetry, in what I say"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in that it is filled with blank p
"If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in that it is filled with blank pages, dark pages, it has stars made of words, the famous magical cube made of numbers, and there is even a page which is a mirror"
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Novelist
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Small: I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread
"I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread"
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Novelist
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Small: I think that Ive tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana, which was once a great and fa
"I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana, which was once a great and fascinating city"
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Novelist
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Small: I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot
"I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me"
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Novelist
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Small: I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who live by ni
"I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who live by night, a little bit outside society, moving between delinquency and conformity"
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Novelist
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Small: A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for mysel
"A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader"
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Novelist
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Small: You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score highe
"You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place"
Daisy Fuentes, Actress
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Small: We want to promote the great qualities of athletics - and maintain its integrity - all over the world
"We want to promote the great qualities of athletics - and maintain its integrity - all over the world"
Alberto Juantorena, Athlete
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Small: Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition
"Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition"
Alberto Juantorena, Athlete
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Small: I am always fighting inside the Council to get the message across that at each competition venue, we should se
"I am always fighting inside the Council to get the message across that at each competition venue, we should send somebody to inspect and to make sure the athletes will be looked after in a correct manner"
Alberto Juantorena, Athlete
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Small: Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion
"Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion"
Alberto Juantorena, Athlete
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Small: Youre at the hotel and after that you go to the venue and sit there and wait
"You're at the hotel and after that you go to the venue and sit there and wait"
Dave Lombardo, Musician
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Small: I like a lot of the stuff that they did without me, the time I wasnt around
"I like a lot of the stuff that they did without me, the time I wasn't around"
Dave Lombardo, Musician
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Small: If I dont work, Ill be sitting on the couch watching TV, eating popcorn and getting like a cow
"If I don't work, I'll be sitting on the couch watching TV, eating popcorn and getting like a cow"
Celia Cruz, Musician
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Small: In 83 I thought we were going to go all the way. We had Roy Smalley, and Steve King, and good players
"In 83 I thought we were going to go all the way. We had Roy Smalley, and Steve King, and good players"
Bert Campaneris, Athlete
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Small: We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport
"We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport"
Alberto Salazar, Athlete
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Small: An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasnt been there. Goals can be elus
"An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding"
Alberto Salazar, Athlete
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Small: We got off the Clash of the Titans tour and I said that my wife and I were working on having a baby and sure e
"We got off the Clash of the Titans tour and I said that my wife and I were working on having a baby and sure enough we found out that she was pregnant. So I told them nine months in advance that I wasn't going to tour in September so I could witness the birth of my first son"
Dave Lombardo, Musician
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Small: There was a bit of a readjustment period because I didnt know what it was going to be like. I didnt know what
"There was a bit of a readjustment period because I didn't know what it was going to be like. I didn't know what was happening, how it was going to be, how it was all going to feel. As time went on it was great. Everything felt good so we decided to go with it"
Dave Lombardo, Musician
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Small: Singing is my life. It has always been my life. It will always be my life
"Singing is my life. It has always been my life. It will always be my life"
Celia Cruz, Musician
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Small: I love living on that stage. Without that, Id die
"I love living on that stage. Without that, I'd die"
Celia Cruz, Musician
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