"So I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there it became obvious that we needed money and we needed to do something, because my family, we left without anything really, and we didn't have any money to begin with."

-- Ruben Blades

#Miami Quotes #My Family Quotes #Obvious Quotes

“When I was little, I met Ronald Reagan. I think I said something to him. He was talking about somebody - he said somebody was like the Clint Eastwood of something, and I said, "I thought he was the Arnold Schwarzenegger," or "more like Arnold Schwarzenegger." He just looked at me like I was crazy. He didn't know what I was talking about.”
“We do not ignore maturity. Maturity consists in not losing the past while fully living in the present with a prudent awareness of the possibilities of the future.”
“Happy campers you have been, happy campers you are, and happy campers you will always be.”
“There is no just and serene criticism as yet.”
“Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise.”
“The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are not reserved for scientists but are available to anyone who will place himself under the influence of earth, sea and sky and their amazing life.”
“Deserve your dream.”

Source : Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger, G. Aroul (1984). “Selected Poems”, p.21, New Directions Publishing
“My ego only needs a good rhythm section”

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