"The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace."
-Carlos Santana
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"My dad's a beautiful man, but like a lot of Mexican men, or men in general, a lot of men have a problem with the balance of masculinity and femininity - intuition and compassion and tenderness - and get overboard with the macho thing. It took him a while to become more, I would say, conscious, evolved.“
-Carlos Santana
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