Cuba Quotes - Page 4

• I think it's very sad, when Barack Obama lands in Saudi Arabia, and he lands in Cuba, and there aren't high officials to even greet him.

  Donald Trump

  Thinking, Land, Arabia

  Source: time.com

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• The U.S. doesn't recognize the laws of Cuba. They can kidnap anybody and bring them back to the States to face the so-called justice system. There's no telling what the U.S. government will do to me. I'm in constant danger; I guess I've gotten used to it.

  Assata Shakur

  Law, Government, Justice

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• It's true that in Cuba there are double standards, there's opportunism, and there is a lack of freedom in some ways.

  Fernando Perez

  Double Standard, Way, Standards

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I like to go somewhere where I learn something I didn't know before, like the Dry Tortugas between Florida and Cuba.

  Amy Tan

  Florida, Dry, Knows

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• Here's the truth: the Soviet Union had thousands of nuclear weapons, and Iran doesn't have a single one. But when the world was on the brink of nuclear holocaust, Kennedy talked to Khrushchev and he got those missiles out of Cuba. Why shouldn't we have the same courage and the confidence to talk to our enemies? That's what strong countries do, that's what strong presidents do, that's what I'll do when I'm president of the United States of America.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Strong, Iran

  "Obama on Iran: What's McCain afraid of?". www.politico.com. May 19, 2008.

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• Cuba seems to have the same effect on US administrations as the full moon has on werewolves.

  Wayne Smith

  Moon, Politics, Administration

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• I was a man who was lucky enough to have discovered a political theory, a man who was caught up in the whirlpool of Cuba's political crisis...; discovering Marxism...was like finding a map in the forest.

  Fidel Castro

  Men, Political, Maps

  "Castro in quotes", www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2008.

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• In Latin America in general, and Cuba in particular, poets have been the inspiration behind struggles for independence, struggles for freedom of all sorts.

  Margarita Engle

  Latin, Struggle, Inspiration

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• Cuba laments and expresses its profound sadness for the loss of so many innocent lives and expresses our absolute rejection of acts of terrorism, wherever they may come from.

  Felipe Perez Roque

  Sadness, Loss, Profound

  "World mourns attack victims", www.cnn.com. September 12, 2001.

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• Currently, I'm working with a company called DRL Promotions with my partners Dan Wise and Luis De Cubas. We're currently representing over 30 fighters.

  Roberto Duran

  Wise, Fighter, Promotion

  "Even at 55, Roberto Duran packs a wallop". ESPN Interview, www.espn.com. September 27, 2006.

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• The Spirit tells me - Fidel Castro will die - in the 90s. Oooh my! Some will try to kill him and they will not succeed. But there will come a change in his physical health, and he will not stay in power, and Cuba will be visited of God.

  Benny Hinn

  Trying, Succeed, Spirit

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• There was a time when emigration from Cuba was a definitive separation. There were no visits. In the '80s, '90s, it was incredibly difficult. I'm not the only one interested in this as a filmmaker - other Cuban filmmakers have dealt with it, too, because it's such a part of our reality.

  Fernando Perez

  Reality, Emigration, Separation

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Kennedy was trying to keep us out of war. I was trying to help him keep us out of war. And General Curtis LeMay, whom I served under as a matter of fact in World War II, was saying "Let's go in, let's totally destroy Cuba."

  Robert McNamara

  "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara". Documentary, August 30, 2003.

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• Normal relations, never. We should never forget what has happened to the people in Cuba for forty years. All baseball cares about is getting players out of Cuba. It doesn't care about the suffering, just money. The Orioles shouldn't have gone to Cuba. This is a free county, but that's the way I feel.

  Luis Tiant

  Baseball, Player, Years

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• I want Cuba . . . I want Tamaulipas, Potosi, and one or two other Mexican States; and I want them all for the same reason for the planting and spreading of slavery.

  Albert G. Brown

  War, Two, Mexican

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• I was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Madrid, Spain. Then I moved to New Jersey.

  Daisy Fuentes

  Madrid, Jersey, Spain

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Living in Cuba made me unafraid of whatever could happen to me.

  Brit Marling

  Made, Happens, Unafraid

  "How to Succeed in Hollywood Despite Being Really Beautiful" by Emma Rosenblum, www.nytimes.com. June 24, 2011.

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• My mother told me many stories about her childhood in Cuba. Living there had a profound impact on her and how she regards herself.

  Rachel Kushner

  Mother, Impact, Profound

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• I have my great grandmother's recipe for black beans, all the way from Cuba, and I know how to make those. I'm actually pretty good at it now. But my first time, the beans actually exploded in the pot, so I had black beans just dripping from the ceiling - which is actually a dream come true for most Cubans. It was a nightmare to clean.

  Danny Pino

  Dream, Grandmother, Black

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• President Obama has decided to have the United Nations review the law of Arizona. You have got to be kidding! We're now going to have countries like Cuba, Libya and Uganda sitting in judgment on Arizona's laws? Enough is enough!

  Russell Pearce

  Country, Uganda, Law

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• A missile is a missile. It makes no great difference whether you are killed by a missile fired from the Soviet Union or from Cuba.

  Elie Abel

  Differences, Unions, Destruction

  Elie Abel (1968). “The missile crisis”, Bantam Books

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• In Cuba you get a quarter of a chicken per month. They give you one bread per person a day. So, it makes your life really tough.

  William Levy

  Giving, Months, Bread

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• When I was a little boy, my dream was to play baseball and leave Cuba.

  William Levy

  Baseball, Dream, Boys

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• When I was back in Cuba, who could have imagined I would be invited to the White House!

  William Levy

  White, House, Would Be

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• My dad left when I was a little boy and I grew up with my mother's family. There were foundations in the U.S. where Jewish people got together and sent money to Cuba, so we got some of that. We were a poor family, but I was always a happy kid.

  William Levy

  Mother, Dad, Kids

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