Jenni Rivera Quotes
Mexican music runs through my veins. I loved it. Growing up, my father didn't allow us to listen to English music at home. That's all I heard. I had no choice.
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
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Loyalty will not permit envy, hate, and uncharitableness to creep into our public thinking.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.
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I don't have business with any politicians.
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I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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What can you do? You're never going to be - I'm sure there are people out there who think Cindy Crawford isn't pretty.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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A museum should not just be a place for fancy paintings but should be a place where we can communicate our lives through our everyday objects.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
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I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly, we're not trying to create the perfect democracy. We're never going to create some ideal society. We are simply there for our own national security.
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I want to own a team one day. You know, that's my next goal.
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If you disagree with me about a position I have taken, or what I've done, tell me, argue with me, debate. Sometimes, right and good are not that clear; at other times, it is only deliberate and respectful debate that leads us to understand what road we should take.
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If I'm at home for the weekend - and that is almost never - I tend to get twitchy at about eight o'clock in the evening because my body clock is timed to go on stage. I don't know what to do with myself.
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I was brought up in the Boys' Brigade and grew up not swearing. It's so lovely to behave decently, civilly.
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Mexican music runs through my veins. I loved it. Growing up, my father didn't allow us to listen to English music at home. That's all I heard. I had no choice.
