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" I made a lot of mistakes. "

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" I love being onstage, I love getting applause, and I love the love that comes across the footlights. It's so much a part of what I do and what I've done most of my life. "

" I had no role models from my own community - there was no such thing. Earlier on, there were people like Dolores Del Rio, but I was too young for that - that was before me. There was really nobody out there. "

" I was a Spanish dancer. I don't mean to put that down, because that was great, too, but nothing like the kind of dancing you had to do in 'West Side Story,' which was called jazz. "

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" I think lying is a bad idea. Sooner or later, someone's going to catch you. "

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" I was the artsy one, and my husband took care of all our finances. It was the Latino way - the man is in charge of the money. "

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