Cuban - Journalist | January 29, 1948 -
How proud I am to be compared to Oprah. I really admire her. She's a minority woman and she's done all this by herself... I'm very happy to be Oprah with salsa and not Donahue in drag.
Cristina Saralegui
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In my house, we speak Spanglish to the dogs, to the grandchildren, to the kids.
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The world is not ideal, and the only weapon we can give our children is information. Information which is not pretty, but honest.
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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.
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I'm one of the highest-paid television people in the world. I feel like I've made a difference in my viewers' lives, that I've been influential.
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I came to this country when I was 12 years old because my parents wanted to give me new opportunities to succeed. President Obama wants everyone to have the chances I had.
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If I have to be compared to somebody, it is to Martha Stewart.
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The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.
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I always knew what I was worth, what I could do, what I could not do. I think that I have a genetic problem with lying. I just can't lie. I get in trouble with my husband because of that. He wishes that I wasn't so sincere, but I am.
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I am a Cuban mother, and you do not let your cubs get into trouble without you trying to help them all the way.
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I am not a person of faith. I'm a Catholic. I was brought up Catholic, but I'm not a church-going sort of girl. I'm very spiritual. I pray every night. I believe in Heaven and Hell, but I'm not a person that goes to church, like, every Sunday.
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You can't ignore the obvious. Women after a certain age are believed to be good for nothing in the entertainment field, especially in the Latin world.
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