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Rita Moreno Quotes

I was born in Puerto Rico - I used to sit in the sun until I looked like a piece of bacon. It's a wonder now that I don't look like an old wallet. I'm a very fortunate person.

Rita Moreno

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: puerto rican
Birth: December 11, 1931

Topics

Sun Look Wonder Born Person Now

I'm interested in listening to the people who walk in the door. If your ego and your accomplishments stop you from listening, then they've taught you nothing.

Jimmy Iovine

Walk People Door Listening Ego You

I am at my worst trying to write about things that overlap with my life.

Jennifer Egan

Life I Am My Life Trying Worst Am

Writers and journalists tend to be simplistic about politics when, like all other areas of life, it's more complicated.

Robert Harris

Life Politics Complicated More Like

A strong work of art really leaves people speechless. They feel a little angry because they don't understand it.

Michael Heizer

Work Art Angry People Strong Feel

I'm grateful that the Buck family, Major League Baseball, and the other Major League clubs have confidence in my ability to lead our franchise into the future.

John S. Middleton

Family Confidence Future Grateful

I like to show subjects inside a sealed veneer. There's a sense that you can't get in.

Steven Klein

You Inside Sense Show Get Like

I hope I say this the right way, but I'm convinced that Israel will not trust other countries to do what they have to do to protect their own security.

Trent Franks

Hope Trust Security Say Way Protect

There are many tough sides to being a jockey. Injury is something we all dread, but spending lengthy periods in the bath or the sauna just to shed a few pounds can be an exhausting and draining experience.

Tony McCoy

Experience Tough Bath Sides Injury

When I eat oatmeal, I'm hungry by 10 A.M., but pho is a great way to start the day.

Tom Douglas

Great Day Start Way Eat Hungry

I felt voiceless for so long, I wasn't ever able to say what I felt out loud. I didn't know how to say it. Posting online presented itself as a comfortable medium. I could say what I wanted to say in a way I still felt comfortable. Whenever, however I wanted to.

Rupi Kaur

Long Know Say Comfortable Way Out

From a young age, I understood the idea of balanced flavor - the reason you put ketchup on a hamburger. I was that kid who wouldn't eat something if there was something missing. I never really understood it until I began cooking professionally, balancing acids, sweets, spicy flavors and fat.

Michael Mina

Age Cooking Fat You Young Never

I've been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.

Mitski

Time Hobby Offended Assume Been