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Chita Rivera Quotes

Southern California, they have been amazing. They're totally with us.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: puerto rican
Birth: January 23, 1933

Topics

Amazing California Us Southern Been

The major public goals in my life are intellectual goals. There are various philosophical things that I want to work on and work out.

Life Work Goals My Life Intellectual

I can think of no other experience quite like that of being 20 or so pages into a book and realizing that this is the real thing: a book that is going to offer the delicious promise of a riveting story, arresting language and characters that will haunt me for days.

Experience Me Book Story Think Will

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Respect Hate Who Victims

Oh God, you know I have no money, but you can make the people do for me, and you must make the people do for me.

Sojourner Truth

God Money People Me You Know

Sometimes it irks when people come up in the street and say, 'Oh I'm a huge James Bond fan' - when you obviously want them to be a fan of your work in particular.

Work People Bond You Sometimes Want

I don't have a Winslow Homer or a Renoir, but I do have the liberty to live as I like.

Live Liberty Like Homer

In terms of the Eastern Europe stories, my family is originally from there; even as a kid, it was the Russian writers I loved most, and I've spent a substantial amount of time there myself, traveling and on research grants.

Family Time Myself Research Loved

I will continue to work in Washington to oppose any efforts to expand drilling off our Coasts and to challenge my colleagues to adopt responsible energy policies.

Work Challenge Colleagues Energy Off

I would have been a visual artist. When I was in high school, that was one of the things... I had to make a decision what I was going to go to college for, and at the time, I also painted and sculpted. I got more attention for my performing, so I thought that was a better idea.

Time Decision School College Better

A lot of people in my generation, we use hip-hop as a tool to compose.

People Generation Hip-Hop Tool Use

I think everyone around me played a part in raising me; there isn't one individual I could pick out - it was more a case of it taking the whole village to raise the child.

Child Me Think Village More Out

One common desire that every human being has is to love and be loved. At the end of our lives, it's how we measure our lives.

Love End Loved Measure Desire Human

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