Cubana Quotes

#1. My mother's Cubana/Irish and my dad's Catalan. And that blows my mind.

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#2. I vulgarize my feelings by speaking of them too readily to others.

Susan Sontag

#3. One of the great things about the Fifties is there are so many secrets - people who've come back from the war and done these terrible things that they don't want to think about, or can't say what they did because they signed the Official Secrets Act.

Sara Sheridan

#4. No one's ever cried for me before. No one's asked me to stay before ... no one. I convinced myself you cared for me.

S.C. Stephens

#5. I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

Saul Bellow

#6. One thing about flying that he never got used to was that no matter how awful the weather was on the ground, if you flew high enough you could always find the sun.

Tom Clancy

#7. Resilience is not a commodity you are born with, waiting silently on tap. It is self-manufactured painstakingly over time by working through your problems and never giving up, even in the face of difficulty or failure.

Lorii Myers

#8. Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief.

Anne Carson

#9. The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists.

H. Allen Smith

#10. I never really felt secure until I was well into my 30s, because anytime I had success, I would invest in new projects.

Richard Branson

#11. If a society cannot even support somebody like me, then people ask: Who is under protection then? That's why there is such support for me. It is not because I am so beautiful or I am so charming. People feel: This guy is fighting for us.

Ai Weiwei

#12. When I performed at 'Open Mic U.K.' I had this connection with the audience that I'd never felt before, and I loved it. It was my first big thing, and looking out into the crowd ... was just amazing.

Birdy

#13. I think it's also important to ask, "What need is driving this behavior?" and "Am I trying to reach, hurt, or connect with someone specifically, and is this the right way to do it?

Brene Brown