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Small: So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting
"So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting"
Bert Campaneris, Athlete
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Small: Towns are suffering from all these things, we should unite until we are all satisfied, man cannot be killing e
"Towns are suffering from all these things, we should unite until we are all satisfied, man cannot be killing each other as if we were animals, as if we had no culture; that is a lack of culture"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: I dont sit in the corner waiting for death: death has to pursue me. Im going strong. I hope to reach 100 and a
"I don't sit in the corner waiting for death: death has to pursue me. I'm going strong. I hope to reach 100 and ask for an extension, just like my grandmother did"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: Ry Cooder for me is a master, a great master that has a wonderful feel for Cuban music. Hes also paid tribute
"Ry Cooder for me is a master, a great master that has a wonderful feel for Cuban music. He's also paid tribute my talent a bit, even though I don't know half of what he knows"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: Fits did not go over well in my house. There was a lot of discipline and obedience and you had to be very lady
"Fits did not go over well in my house. There was a lot of discipline and obedience and you had to be very ladylike. Ladies didn't curse and I still don't curse in front of my parents"
Daisy Fuentes, Actress
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Small: When it comes to musicians, Im like the daddy of musicians here in Cuba
"When it comes to musicians, I'm like the daddy of musicians here in Cuba"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do I cant live without music
"My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: I am a scholar of life. Every night before I go to sleep, I analyze every detail of what I did that day.
"I am a scholar of life. Every night before I go to sleep, I analyze every detail of what I did that day. I evaluate things and people, which helps me avoid mistakes"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: As long as your heart beats, one is never too old
"As long as your heart beats, one is never too old"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: When you here a conjunto and you hear another conjunto, you think its like a continuation of the first. Its al
"When you here a conjunto and you hear another conjunto, you think it's like a continuation of the first. It's all the same, same, same. There's no variety, just the same music"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation
"In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybodys job was, that I dont
"I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character"
Daisy Fuentes, Actress
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Small: Young people dont want to be second to anyone. Everyone wants to be an overnight star. Look how many years I h
"Young people don't want to be second to anyone. Everyone wants to be an overnight star. Look how many years I had to wait, how many roads I had to travel, how many songs I had to sing. And now I'm just beginning, never ending"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: The music that I play and that I like is traditional music, maybe its because of my age
"The music that I play and that I like is traditional music, maybe it's because of my age"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: I play music the way it was played in yesteryear
"I play music the way it was played in yesteryear"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: Can you imagine that Cuba and Europes youth, who had forgotten about traditional music, who only thought of ro
"Can you imagine that Cuba and Europe's youth, who had forgotten about traditional music, who only thought of rock music, are now looking back towards their grandparents? That is a phenomenon"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: As far as pleasures, youve got to have limits. You shouldnt have too much of good things, so youll always have
"As far as pleasures, you've got to have limits. You shouldn't have too much of good things, so you'll always have a desire for more and you won't get bored"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: Im still strong and in the best shape to continue living my life
"I'm still strong and in the best shape to continue living my life"
Compay Segundo, Musician
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Small: I just smoked a Cohiba the other day. It was great. You have to appreciate everything that cigar is
"I just smoked a Cohiba the other day. It was great. You have to appreciate everything that cigar is"
Daisy Fuentes, Actress
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Small: When I was a junior, boys were allowed to come visit me at the house. We could sit on the porch until about 8
"When I was a junior, boys were allowed to come visit me at the house. We could sit on the porch until about 8 o'clock at night; that's when it started getting dark. That was it"
Daisy Fuentes, Actress
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Small: To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person
"To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person"
Daisy Fuentes, Actress
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Small: You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You dont go to certain levels with men until you are
"You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship"
Daisy Fuentes, Actress
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Small: It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really dont. You can be stabbed in t
"It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can be stabbed in the back very easily. You can be praised very easily. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do"
Daisy Fuentes, Actress
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Small: In Cuba we use our champions to promote the sport
"In Cuba we use our champions to promote the sport"
Alberto Juantorena, Athlete
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Small: I got involved in athletics during physical education lessons at school
"I got involved in athletics during physical education lessons at school"
Alberto Juantorena, Athlete
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Small: And then you have the responsibility and the duty of being good examples to youngsters, not smoke, training ha
"And then you have the responsibility and the duty of being good examples to youngsters, not smoke, training hard, go to bed early, don't drink alcohol, don't take drugs, it's very important to have a policy for educating against doping"
Alberto Juantorena, Athlete
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Small: We do not use managers, we are the representatives of our athletes, and that is why I am deeply involved in at
"We do not use managers, we are the representatives of our athletes, and that is why I am deeply involved in athletics, I follow our athletes careers from start to finish, 100% all the way"
Alberto Juantorena, Athlete
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Small: We are just not made up to be middle distance runners
"We are just not made up to be middle distance runners"
Alberto Juantorena, Athlete
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Small: My main point in this regard was to compete for my country and my people and to receive the support of the ent
"My main point in this regard was to compete for my country and my people and to receive the support of the entire Cuban society, to carry my flag in whatever competition I was in, the Olympic Games, Pan-American Games"
Alberto Juantorena, Athlete
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Small: I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban
Alejo Carpentier
"I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century"
Alejo Carpentier, Novelist
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Small: We want to make sure our athletes have a future once their athletics careers are over
"We want to make sure our athletes have a future once their athletics careers are over"
Alberto Juantorena, Athlete
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Small: I studied harmony and composition in a very spontaneous manner
Alejo Carpentier
"I studied harmony and composition in a very spontaneous manner"
Alejo Carpentier, Novelist
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Small: We need to be aware of all aspects: To check how they travel, how they eat, the competition conditions
"We need to be aware of all aspects: To check how they travel, how they eat, the competition conditions"
Alberto Juantorena, Athlete
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Small: The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete
"The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete"
Alberto Juantorena, Athlete
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Small: If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity.
"If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out"
Alberto Juantorena, Athlete
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Small: I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport
"I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport"
Alberto Juantorena, Athlete
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Small: I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track of
"I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track of"
Alberto Juantorena, Athlete
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Small: Those who have always had faith in its final success can do no less than rejoice as if it was our own triumph
Alejo Carpentier
"Those who have always had faith in its final success can do no less than rejoice as if it was our own triumph after five years of daily struggle to impose Cuban music on the European continent"
Alejo Carpentier, Novelist
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