Chita Rivera Quotes

We're going to Puerto Rico, where we're gonna close. And we're so excited, we can't see straight.

Chita Rivera

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• It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

  

  Ovid
  • Purpose
  • Honest
  • Annoying

• My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.

  

  Yanis Varoufakis
  • Hope
  • Political
  • Revolution

• I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.

  

  Daisy Fuentes
  • Up
  • Thought
  • Down

• Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Always
  • Credit
  • Credit Card

• The chance to play a romantic character who kisses somebody onscreen was one of the elements that made me want to do 'The Stand.' The more you can do, the better, and I've been known as a character actor.

  

  Gary Sinise
  • Character
  • Chance
  • Romantic

• I couldn't deal with a normal life.

  

  Sally Mann
  • Life
  • Deal
  • Normal

• People, when they come up to me, are like, 'Did we go to high school together? Or did I make out with you at sleepaway camp?' And oftentimes, yes, that is the answer, because I went to a giant high school and made out with everybody.

  

  Adam Pally
  • People
  • Up
  • School

• Making movies, you're like an independent contractor - you come in, you have a specific job, and a lot of what you do is completely manipulated, which is good and bad.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Good
  • Job
  • Bad

• I do stupid stuff like that: I'll call my wife from the road, send her pictures of glaciers.

  

  Adam Ferrara
  • Wife
  • Road
  • Stupid

• I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.

  

  J. Cole
  • Life
  • Time
  • Spirit

• There is only one true thing: instantly paint what you see. When you've got it, you've got it. When you haven't, you begin again. All the rest is humbug.

  

  Edouard Manet
  • True
  • Rest
  • See

• I get told all the time that I'm a fashion icon now, but I don't really know what that means. I just get dressed.

  

  Taylor Momsen
  • Time
  • Know
  • Fashion

• We need to work tirelessly to help create new jobs and good jobs here in Florida.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • Good
  • Work
  • Help

• Given that I can't sing like Freddie Mercury, obviously I'm not going to pursue it as a career. What would be the point?

  

  Kate Beckinsale
  • Career
  • Like
  • Point

• When I was little, I had concerts on the subway, and old ladies came up to me like, 'You are so good!'

  

  Zara Larsson
  • Up
  • Good
  • You

• President George Herbert Walker Bush ran as a strong conservative, ran to continue the third term of Ronald Reagan, continue the Ronald Reagan revolution. Then he raised taxes and in '92 ran as an establishment moderate - same candidate, two very different campaigns.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Different
  • Strong
  • Revolution

• Everything that I hate about myself goes away when I was onstage.

  

  Halsey
  • Hate
  • Myself
  • Everything

• Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only when people asked me what I wanted to be. In fact, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I didn't ever believe that I was good enough to be come one.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • People
  • Good
  • Believe

• Looking back, when I was Gollum, I suppose I did break the mold to a certain extent. I'm proud, and very thrilled, to be a part of that.

  

  Andy Serkis
  • Proud

• When I left EastEnders, I could have earned an absolute fortune from sexy calendars, shoots for lads' mags, fitness videos and reality shows. But I always turned them down.

  

  Michelle Ryan
  • Reality
  • Shows
  • Fortune

• It's all false pressure; you put the heat on yourself, you get it from the networks and record companies and movie studios. You put more pressure on yourself to make everything that much harder.

  

  John Belushi
  • Movie

• When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.

  

  Gary Cherone Van Halen
  • Me
  • Never
  • Notes

• I work just as hard and have just as much fun whether in a 50-seat house or in a 1000-seat house. It's a luxury to be in a tiny space every once in a while and a rush to be on a giant stage every once in a while.

  

  Laurie Metcalf
  • Work
  • Fun
  • House

• We're going to Puerto Rico, where we're gonna close. And we're so excited, we can't see straight.

  

  Chita Rivera