#cuba

Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people. ↗

#cuban #cuban people #free #government #independent

Look at what President Kennedy managed to achieve during the Cuban missile crisis. If Bush had been president in 1962, do you think he would have avoided a nuclear war? ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#avoided #been #bush #crisis #cuban

I made that decision back in 1985. I was out here getting certified in SCUBA with Garcia in Kona and I thought to myself, this is a place to wake up in in the morning. ↗

— Bill Kreutzmann

#certified #decision #garcia #getting #here

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. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#crisis #cuban #cuban missile crisis #did #during

I went to Cuba maybe eight or nine times. ↗

— Walter Salles

#eight #i #maybe #nine #times

I realized that it's all really one, that John Lennon was correct. We utilize the music to bring down the walls of Berlin, to bring up the force of compassion and forgiveness and kindness between Palestines, Hebrews. Bring down the walls here in San Diego, Tijuana, Cuba. ↗

— Carlos Santana

#between #bring #compassion #correct #cuba

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

— Jon Secada

#coral #cuban #great #happened #intense

I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American. ↗

— Jon Secada

#american #cuban #i #might

Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#comes #cubans #frantic #music

The roots of Cuban music are in my head. ↗