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" Face dance means you don't know what the hell the rest of your body was doing but your face is fierce. That's face dancing. "

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" The racism, the sexism, I never let it be my problem. It's their problem. If I see a door comin' my way, I'm knockin' it down. And if I can't knock down the door, I'm sliding through the window. I'll never let it stop me from what I wanna do. "

" I used to get recognized quite often as being a 'Soul Train' dancer. Quite often, which was great at times but sometimes was not so great. Especially, back at college, it was not so great. It was pretty tough. "

" It's disgusting how much I laugh during the day. "

" I did not try to conform to anybody's ideal of what a Latin celebrity or movie star should be. I took a lot of hits for it. "

" Therapy is not a 'white thing.' It's a clinical thing. "

" If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever. "

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" I knew I was going to be successful from day one. From day one. That's why it throws me whenever someone says it was such a fluke that I was successful. "

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" You have to believe in yourself. You need to have the audacity to be great. "

Believe In Yourself

" You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you. "

" At home, I'm the silliest cornball who talks way too much and wants to be quiet and left alone at the same time. "

" I was a ward of the state, initially, and then in the foster care system for quite some time, even though I did live part-time with my aunt in Brooklyn. "

" I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward. "

" For some reason, I always thought I was special. And for some reason, I always thought that I had a purpose in life: that I was supposed to contribute to the world. "

" I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn't really want to look at. "

" People make me out to be this super strong woman, but I have my tough days just like anyone else. "

" I don't call myself Latin, I call myself Puerto Rican. "

" Don Cornelius did not want to see how I really danced - I was doing hip-hop, and it was foreign to people out in California. They only knew about popping and locking, so they were not keen on hip-hop dancing. "

" Van Gogh cut off his ear for his art. I'm not tryin' to cut off my ear. I'm not humiliating myself. "

" I get bored in Hollywood. "