"Although I dreamed of flying from childhood, that was utterly unthinkable. I had to start work early, a shoeshine boy — a poor man's profession — or selling vegetables."
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Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (2021) cited in "Cuba’s Only Cosmonaut: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez" on Al Día News, 7 December 2021.
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