Chita Rivera Quotes
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I'm not some sort of tormented soul looking for an identity in the roles I take. I became an actress because I just love dressing up and playing.
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Turquoise is my birthstone; I'm a Sagittarius.
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Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.
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When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
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I hope I have a long career, but I really don't think about the future like that. I live, like, for right now, honestly. I take it however it comes.
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A movie is a movie and a book is a book, and they have different rules.
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Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
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Starting at 11, I was a movie-theater popcorn girl, a babysitter, a sales clerk - in the Midwest, they start them early!
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Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
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Schweitzer is where I found snowboarding; it will always have a special place in my heart and is a top-notch ski resort. It has some of the best bowl tree skiing in the world and breathtaking views of Sandpoint and Lake Pend Oreille.
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Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.
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I hate being too pretty.
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The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet.
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I want to do all types of music, music for all people. I want my music to be encouraging, to help people.
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Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world.
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There's something about singing that I just love. It makes me feel freer than anything in the world.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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I was actually picked on as a kid. I guess in high school it started to change for me. I guess being picked on made a lasting impression on me so I never - whenever somebody calls me handsome or anything like that, I never take it for granted. I appreciate it every time I hear it, so it's never something that gets old.
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I'm very tough. Come to a council meeting, and you'll see it.
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I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers.
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All words are pegs to hang ideas on.
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I can only think of one experience which might exceed in interest a few hours spent under water, and that would be a journey to Mars.
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The aboriginal peoples of Australia illustrate the conflict between technology and the natural world succinctly, by asking, 'What will you do when the clever men destroy your water?' That, in truth, is what the world is coming to.
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Beauty is not everything!
