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" Arrogance - I have very little tolerance for that. "
Rita Moreno
Tolerance
Little
Arrogance
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" I think it's important to be reminded that that's what this country is comprised of - people from other countries. "
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" The wonderful thing about cabaret is, you can do a lot of things you can't do in a concert. You can't do smoky ballads for 50 minutes in a concert. It's a different animal. "
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" No one's going to tell me how to make my own choices. For too many years, everybody told me what to say and what to do and how to be. "
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" My husband and I were very different: I'm spontaneous and emotional; I'm loud - he was exactly the opposite. But you need to be flexible. "
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" Oh, I think Scarlett Johansson is a terrific actress. I think she's just marvelous. "
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" My grandkids are everything to me. For me, family is all! "
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" I make a lot of soups and stews at home, and I always have fresh bread with it. "
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" Elvis was really sweet and kind of bashful, but he didn't have a whole lot to say. "
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" I had a very poor image of myself because I believed too much of the people around me when I was very young. "
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" I'm a person who perseveres. You know, you fall down, you get up. "
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" 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. "
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" I love Hallmark movies because they make movies that you don't see anymore... and at a time when there is so much evil in the world, it's kind of nice to be able to retreat to something like a Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. "
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