I wanted to leave high school in 1958 and join the Cuban revolution. So the only reason I did not come to join [Fidel] Castro was because my mother would not let me. I was only 16.
I'm crafting a vision of my life that involves creativity. And Cuban society allows me to do this. I know it's harder in the U. S. where so many people are just grateful to have a job.
Comandante Fidel Castro loves Cuba! But his love for humanity, if you'll pardon the expression, trumped his love for Cuba: He was universal; he was an internationalist, and he put that spirit in the hearts and minds of the Cuban people through the Cuban Revolution.
A rather honored guest of the Cuban government, so I wouldn't experience the problems. I think it would take a black Cuban to really articulate this because I'm being treated in a very generous way.
Cuban mechanics obviously have to be the best mechanics in the world. They're going to figure out all sorts of things to do.
The Cuban-born Mario Algaze has a Chambian way of collapsing present and past.
There's a Cuban saying: Bicho malo nunca muere. Loose translation: The good die young but the wicked live forever. It seems to apply to Fidel. I hope it applies to me.
The Cuban economy is a disaster. No, I do not praise Fidel Castro.
I'm learning Cuban. It's like Spanish, but with fewer words for luxury items.
There is us living the Cuban experience that we believe is ours. We do not believe that it is perfect, but it has been above all counting truly on the people, which is where the origins of true democracy lie.
I loved sitting on my veranda sipping quality scotch, puffing a Cuban cigar and watching Cuba on the horizon, or the oceanic vista. Did this late in the evenings many times.
U. S. leaders should think that if they are aiding terrorist plans to eliminate Cuban leaders, they themselves will not be safe.
How do you say 'delicious' in Cuban?
The Cuban people must know that they have a friend and partner in the United States of America.
The miracle of Grenada is how quickly the Cuban workers beat their plowshares into Soviet AK-47s.
I'm Cuban-American, everybody says. I have a Cuban background, Cuban blood.
You can't get good Chinese takeout in China and Cuban cigars are rationed in Cuba. That's all you need to know about communism.
Fighters used to be afraid of the Russians, Cubans but then I'd figure them out and figure out how to beat them.
Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music.
The US government's most acute fear is that other countries are going to follow the Cuban example. They want everybody to know that if you follow this example we will attack you in every way that we can.
