“And we think the world would benefit from a much more feminine approach to the problems we are facing in the world today. Yes. The world needs to be nurtured and loved and rocked and caressed -- it needs some softness to balance out. And, I think, little by little we'll be able to give it that -- besides strength, because, you know, we have the babies for a reason. Yes, indeed.”

— Gloria Estefan

address to LULAC (July 1, 2005)
2007, 2008

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Cuban-American singer-songwriter, actress and divorciada 1957

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