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" People would write me hate letters. How dare I try to represent Hispanics when I was so white? I tried to make them see it was racism. "
Cristina Saralegui
Try
Racism
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" You need to put easy, nice, tranquil thoughts in your head before you go to bed. You know what I do? I read metaphysical books. The good stuff stays in your brain once you go under. "
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" Being a professional woman, I function the best when I don't distinguish between work and play. "
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" People look at you and see that you've made it, but sometimes they forget that it took you years of being a human being. "
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" America was the place that said, 'It doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matter what your last name is, it doesn't matter if you drink cortaditos, or lattes, or coffee with milk. Here, if you work hard, anything is possible.' "
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Work
Name
" President Obama is a principled man who has worked hard to put healthcare and a good education in the reach of millions of Americans and believes that everyone who works hard and plays by the rules, should have a fair shot at the American dream. "
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Good
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" I'm one of the highest-paid television people in the world. I feel like I've made a difference in my viewers' lives, that I've been influential. "
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" I want to make sure I'm not a dilettante. Decorating has been a passion all my life. I love it. "
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Love
Life
" When you have a child who wants to take his own life and you feel powerless, nothing else in life matters. "
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" I'm happy. I've had a great career. I adore my family. My closest friends from decades ago remain my closest friends. "
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Friends
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" The world is not ideal, and the only weapon we can give our children is information. Information which is not pretty, but honest. "
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World
Information
" If you stay on the air for 18 years, people know you. "
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Air
Know
You
" In my house, we speak Spanglish to the dogs, to the grandchildren, to the kids. "
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Grandchildren
Dogs
" My hope is to see Tom Cruise jumping on my couch. "
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Couch
" I was the only person at Univision who had complete creative control of my own show, by contract. They didn't like that. I was the executive producer; I owned the studio where we taped. I decided who went on my show and who didn't. "
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My Own
Person
Creative
" If I have to be compared to somebody, it is to Martha Stewart. "
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Somebody
Martha
Compared
" I have gotten into a lot of trouble in my life for being brutally honest. Sometimes I put both my feet in my mouth. But like Elton John, I'm still standing. "
Cristina Saralegui
Mouth
Life
Feet
" I'm very, very Spanish. I have fat cheeks on both ends. I'm sitting on my Spanish part. And it's my heart, the way I am, the way I speak. It has nothing to do with the way I look. "
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Sitting
Speak
Look
" You can't ignore the obvious. Women after a certain age are believed to be good for nothing in the entertainment field, especially in the Latin world. "
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World
You
Age
" I'll never retire from working; I'll keep my life interesting until I drop dead. "
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Life
Never
My Life
" I came to this country when I was 12 years old because my parents wanted to give me new opportunities to succeed. President Obama wants everyone to have the chances I had. "
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Parents
Succeed
Opportunities
" The talk show, as a genre, has been in decline for a while. It started with Jerry Springer, when the talk shows suffered a metamorphosis, going from the real and social issues to the hair-raising. "
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" You have to eat right. That does not mean that I don't drink Cuban coffee. That does not mean that I do not have two cigarettes a day - that's what I'm down to. I drink wine - you know, I'm normal. But I do eat well. "
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You
Drink
Day
" For me, the American promise isn't just an idea or a theory - it's my life story. "
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Just
Story
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" On the television planet, where men make up the tribe, the law of the caveman rules. So, for a woman coming from another world, without experience or cunning, to succeed gradually in gaining control over what is to be taped, what goes out over the air, what is said without censorship, is an epic feat. "
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Experience
Men
World
" To realize the American dream, the most important thing to understand is that it belongs to everybody. It's a human dream. If you understand this and work very hard, it is possible. "
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American Dream
Work
" I am not a person of faith. I'm a Catholic. I was brought up Catholic, but I'm not a church-going sort of girl. I'm very spiritual. I pray every night. I believe in Heaven and Hell, but I'm not a person that goes to church, like, every Sunday. "
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Faith
Spiritual
Night
" I am a Cuban mother, and you do not let your cubs get into trouble without you trying to help them all the way. "
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" Like most Latinas, I'm not afraid to speak my mind. "
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Speak
Mind
Afraid
" I'm a royal pain in the behind. "
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" Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes. "
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