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I've done therapy over the years and it has helped me to be a better person and it pushes me to be a better person every day.
I am not a person who plans things in advance.
I acted when I was a real little kid. My mother was an actress in a Miami theater company comprised of actors from Cuba like her and I was the default kid.
Right now we're in the process of writing new material for a new record.
When I'm a little bit upset, my eyebrow goes up, and that is a trait that my beautiful mother passed down to me. We always knew in the house: 'Mommy's upset; her eyebrow just went up.'
My mom, my dad, my children, my sisters, they are everything to me.
There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic strips and radio.
I am a Florida guy. I don't do cold.
The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.
I was not chosen to be president to restore capitalism to Cuba. I was elected to defend, maintain and continue to perfect socialism, not destroy it.
I stand 100 percent by the truth, exactly what happened.
I don't think anybody ever saw anybody taking anything.
From the beginning, the sensation of the marvelous presupposes faith.
If you had a Ministry box set under your Christmas tree, wrapped in paper, 'From Beer to Eternity' is the bow that goes around the present, you know what I mean?
Hey, I'm not rich, but I'm lucky. I get to do what I want to do. That's not an easy thing to do in this country.
You just want to be able to have a nice career and make a living at it.
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.
I'm a royal pain in the behind.
This administration affects the everyday life of the common person.
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.
I took boxing classes and karate when I was young.
Overall, working with 50 Cent was one of my favourite moments. I grew up, like most of us did, listening to his music and loving him as an artist, so to be able to work with him as an actor was definitely something that was so exciting.
Now and forevermore, I'm going to stick up for immigrants, and I'm going to stick up for Hispanic people and their rights. I feel like that's just my job.
My hope is to see Tom Cruise jumping on my couch.
It's a tough pill to swallow, when you come so close to winning and you fall short.
Because people are very interested in my poetry, in what I say.
I always need to keep moving.
I wish that they had the freedoms like the Japanese and the Koreans and the Mexicans and everybody else that has that freedom to come over here and play the game, because I know Cuba has a very strong baseball history.
I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track of.
Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice.
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.
It is the duty of man to raise up man.
You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.
I was an accidental model. One day I was asked to me a model by a neighbor who was short on models. Then I got into TV.
You have to eat right. That does not mean that I don't drink Cuban coffee. That does not mean that I do not have two cigarettes a day - that's what I'm down to. I drink wine - you know, I'm normal. But I do eat well.
Everything wrong with running, I did it.
I'm working to be a better person.
The difference between Oprah Winfrey and me is about $200 million.
The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets Those who have you, o Liberty, do not know. you. Those who do not have you should not speak of you, but win you.
Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be... well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the university, most of them are still my colleagues now. People I've known for years are all in the industry together.
I've done a lot of things away from my homeland.
Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on the bat and he went to the umpire, the next thing we knew they were fighting about it.
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.
I want to fight Bisping, whether it's for a belt or no belt, because he doesn't respect my country, my flag.
With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I felt that I proved myself with the first album, and with this new album, I just want to share some of my music. And that was always my feeling and my intention.
In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation.
I'm happy. I've had a great career. I adore my family. My closest friends from decades ago remain my closest friends.
Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes.
The sets were incredible. You would walk in at 6 in the morning, and we were really living in 'Blade Runner.'
God blessed me. I help God, too.
I thought I would be an extra one time in a movie. And I would have been happy with that.
There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships.
Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition.
In Cuba, taking into account the long fight for our independence and sovereignty, we will defend the one-party system in the face of the games, demagogy and the marketing of politics.
My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. That's my motive.
You need to put easy, nice, tranquil thoughts in your head before you go to bed. You know what I do? I read metaphysical books. The good stuff stays in your brain once you go under.
Because I tried to everything possible to become the best player in the world? Do I believe steroids and growth hormones helped me achieve that? Yes. Were there a lot of other players doing it that I had to compete against? Yes.
You need to learn to improve, and I can say that I learn something every day in the gym.
My life has changed in many ways, both on an economic and personal level. All major league players are accorded the respect they deserve. In Cuba, it was not that way. National team players were not respected. The treatment was not adequate.
This business - the auditions, the anxiety - it's all so, aaah, crazy! But I can always call my mom in Cuba to be reminded of what real life is.