Rita Moreno Quotes

As you get older one tends to develop what I call a wobble. I would rather eat glass than let that happen to my voice.

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• As you get older one tends to develop what I call a wobble. I would rather eat glass than let that happen to my voice.

  

  Rita Moreno
  • Voice
  • Happens
  • Glasses