#cult

Sex and drugs were simply not discussed in our culture at that time. ↗

— Gloria Estefan

#discussed #our #sex #simply #time

Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another. ↗

— Gloria Estefan

#difficult #feel #felt #first #hand

My mom was a source of strength.She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all. ↗

— Gloria Estefan

#example #get #how #life #may

I'm a wonderful disaster. So are you. We're all a mess. We're in this culture that says take this pill and you'll be happy, go on this diet and you'll be thinner, have your teeth whitened, people will love you more. ↗

— Emilio Estevez

#culture #diet #disaster #go #happy

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them. ↗

— Phyllis Bottome

#difficulties #meeting #them #two #ways

Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult. ↗

— Nadia Boulanger

#best #bring #child #difficult #giving

In most places that are rich in guitar culture, everyone uses their fingers, like in Spain or Africa. In Japan there are string instruments played that way. It is not until you get in the States that you find people using picks. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

#culture #everyone #find #fingers #get

You always have certain strengths and certain weaknesses, and you want to compensate for your weaknesses... I have a real duty to earn the trust of the faculty. I don't just deserve it. I have to earn it. ↗

— Erskine Bowles

#certain #compensate #deserve #duty #earn

I was directed because I knew I wanted to be a novelist, but I didn't have a very good job or a way of getting published. I found those years to be among the most difficult of my life. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#because #difficult #directed #found #getting

I was engrossed with the book, I was having difficulties with it, and I just didn't notice the years were going by. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#difficulties #going #having #i #just