Cristina Saralegui Quotes
People would write me hate letters. How dare I try to represent Hispanics when I was so white? I tried to make them see it was racism.
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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I love Harlem, it's like a second home to me.
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I could work in the shower if I had plastic paper.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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A career in sport is almost impossible to manage without the support, and guidance, and reassurance of family and friends. During tough times, and there always are, this is whom we go to.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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I probably spend the most time with Toews: we have the same schedule, and we're roomies on the road; we sit next to each other. We do a lot of promotions together.
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A good hair day is when my curls are popping. Sometimes my curls and waves, they like to go a little wild sometimes. They have a mind of their own. But some days, they just fall right into place.
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Do I believe in coupling? Do I believe in commitment? Do I believe in co-parenting, raising children together, having a family, and growing old with someone? I absolutely believe in all of those things. I just don't believe that you need to be married to do that. I love going to weddings, though. I do love a good wedding.
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There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.
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Parsi theater was known for melodrama.
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My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.
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The secret of being a great actor is a love of food.
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When I got to Iraq, my world focused in on one mission. It was incredibly rewarding.
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The trouble with cameras is that people see them a mile away.
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Love and faith are both a search, a process, it doesn't stay the same; it comes and goes. In some people, it's asleep for a long time and then it wakes up as it evolves.
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If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it. Anything you want to, do it. Want to change the world? There's nothing to it.
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This uprising of 1976-77 was, of course, the historic watershed... Within a short period of time, it propelled into the forefront of our struggle millions of young people.
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People would write me hate letters. How dare I try to represent Hispanics when I was so white? I tried to make them see it was racism.
