Cristina Saralegui Quotes

• 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.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Dream, Important, Realizing

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• For me, the American promise isn't just an idea or a theory - it's my life story.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Ideas, Promise, Stories

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• I'll never retire from working; I'll keep my life interesting until I drop dead.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Interesting, Retiring

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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.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Years, People, Looks

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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.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Children, Giving, World

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• Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Latin, Home, Want

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• The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Fighting, Want, Common

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• I love beating the men. When I beat 'em in the ratings, when I beat 'em in the salary, I always say, 'One more for the girls.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Girl, Love Is, Men

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• Being a professional woman, I function the best when I don't distinguish between work and play.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Play, Function, Work And Play

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• The difference between Oprah Winfrey and me is about $200 million.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Differences, Millions

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• I'm a royal pain in the behind.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Pain, Royal, Behinds

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• How proud I am to be compared to Oprah. I really admire her. She's a minority woman and she's done all this by herself... I'm very happy to be Oprah with salsa and not Donahue in drag.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Minorities, Done, Proud

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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.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Coffee, Hard Work, Names

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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

  Hate, Writing, White

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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.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Coffee, Wine, Mean

  "Cristina: A Diet for High Energy". Interview with Candace A. Wedlan, articles.latimes.com. February 19, 1997.

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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.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Epic, Men, Air

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• I came to this country when I was twelve years old because my parents wanted to give me new opportunities to succeed. President Obama wants everyone to have the chances I had.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Country, Opportunity, Years

  "'Hispanic Oprah' Endorses President Obama" by Amy Bingham, abcnews.go.com. June 18, 2012.

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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.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Nice, Book, Brain

  "Cristina: A Diet for High Energy". Interview with Candace A. Wedlan, articles.latimes.com. February 19, 1997.

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• 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.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Dream, Believe, Hard Work

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• 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.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Real, Hair, Issues

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• We Latin women are liberated from the neck up, not the neck down.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Latin, Necks, Latin Women

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• If I have to be compared to somebody, it is to Martha Stewart.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Ifs

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• If you stay on the air for 18 years, people know you.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Air, Years, People

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• In my house, we speak Spanglish to the dogs, to the grandchildren, to the kids.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Dog, Kids, Grandchildren

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• Like most Latinas, I'm not afraid to speak my mind.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Mind, Speak, Latina

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