Gloria Estefan Quotes on Education
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I never stop learning.
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[To beginning readers (ages 4 to 8) at a reading of 'Noelle's Treasure Tale']: If you discover a word in my book that you don't understand, ask your parents so they can look it up in the dictionary for you.
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I majored in Psychology in college. I was going to be a child psychologist.
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[After college] I was going to study at the Sorbon and become a diplomat. Being a diplomat comes in handy when you are dealing with record companies.
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I wanted to talk to very young kids about self-image and about being different and how that can be your strength, especially from the immigrant perspective.
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[My first children's book] is very subliminal, let's put it that way. It even has a bit of a metaphysical little message in there [about how] we're all somehow connected and we all have a responsibility toward each other. Although you may feel alone in the world, you definitely are not.
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[My mother] closed the school the next day [after a visit from Castro's soldiers], because she knew that the purpose of education was the broadening and opening of children's minds. And she couldn't be a party to the systematic closing of minds, borders, freedoms and ideals.
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The part of my education that has had the deepest influence wasn't any particular essay or even a specific class -- it was how I was able to apply everything I learned in the library to certain situations in my life.