Quotes About Cuban

the CIA was training Cuban exiles to land in Cuba and launch a guerrilla war against the new government of Fidel Castro.

I began telling stories as a volunteer in my daughters' school. But I grew up hearing stories from Cuban and Southern storytellers, and I learned a great deal by just being quiet and listening.

Suponer que los balseros cubanos abandonan la isla por razones que nada tienen que ver con el régimen de Castro es otra alegre temeridad (...) Todo el mundo sabe que huyen de Castro y lo que él representa para el pueblo cubano en términos no sólo de hambre y penuria, sino también de represión política. Buscan no sólo medios de supervivencia sino otra cosa que han perdido en su isla de infortunios: la libertad.

Politically speaking, Miami-Dade was once a Republican stronghold, thanks in large part to older Cuban voters who became more politically influential following the Bay of Pigs invasion. In contrast, Democrats used to rely on votes in North Florida and the Space Coast in an era of much softer partisanship.

My parents fled from a Cuban dictatorship in search of freedom. Growing up, I saw my parents struggle... I am here today because of them. My success is their success. Their sacrifice and perseverance made my education possible.

The most terrifying moment in my life was October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I did not know all the facts - we have learned only recently how close we were to war - but I knew enough to make me tremble.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, decisions made by President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev could have plunged both countries into thermonuclear war.

America is the greatest country in the world, but the Cuban people are great... They're beautiful, warm people.

The Catholic Church played an integral role in supporting the opening between the U.S. and Cuban governments.

The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!

I promise all Cuban mothers that I will never will make them weep.

I was named after Yul Brynner because my mother had an infatuation with him. Who the hell names a Cuban kid Yul? Talk about a torturous childhood.

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.

Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives from the French-Haitian contradance.

The miracle of Grenada is how quickly the Cuban workers beat their plowshares into Soviet AK-47s.

I think that one of the great things that the Cuban revolution has done is preserve history.

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.

Ugas is a strong, aggressive fighter who's responsible with his defense. He's a Cuban fighter and I know he won't waver from that.

Jose Marti, known as 'the Apostle of Cuban Independence,' was an influential poet, journalist, and political theorist who became a symbol for the Cuban people's bid for independence. The concepts of freedom, liberty, and self-determination feature prominently in his work.

The typical Cuban machismo has attained alarming proportions in Miami. I did not want to stay too long in that place, which was like a caricature of Cuba, the worst of Cuba: the eternal gossip, the chicanery, the envy.

They were the kinds of stories told in smoke-filled rooms over expensive Cuban cigars.

It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense.

I'm part Cuban, so anything with a good beat like Rumberos de Cuba gets me going.

I tend to listen to country music more than Cuban music.