Hispanic Quotes

• My Latin roots are very strong. All my life, because I'm blonde and blue-eyed, people who aren't Hispanic can't believe I am. And people who are Hispanic always think I'm not, because I don't look like them. Being Latin is part of who I am and I bring that part to every role.

  Cameron Diaz

  Strong, Latin, Believe

  "Celebrity Beauty: Cameron Diaz". www.realself.com. May 14, 2007.

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• Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country?

  Ted Cruz

  Country, Military, Demographics

  "Ted Cruz: 'When Was The Last Time You Saw A Hispanic Panhandler?'". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 6, 2012.

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• For as long as the power of America's diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, Muslim or gay, we still must overcome.

  Ron Kind

  Gay, America, Long

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• If the Republican Party works with the Hispanic community, the immigrant community, they're natural allies. People who came to this country are more freedom-loving and more American than people who just happened to be born here.

  Grover Norquist

  Country, Party, People

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• A recent Pew Hispanic survey found that more than 70 percent of illegal immigrants from Mexico are interested in a guest-worker program and then returning home.

  John Shadegg

  Home, Mexico, Guests

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• The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Forever, Heritage, Latina

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• Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're not less than anybody else.

  Gwendolyn Brooks

  Black, Groups, Minorities

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• My mother gave me one piece of advice that stuck with me. She said don't forget where you came from.

  Eva Longoria

  Mother, Advice, Heritage

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• 'Hispanic' is English for a person of Latino origin who wants to be accepted by the white status quo. 'Latino' is the word we have always used for ourselves.

  Sandra Cisneros

  White, Challenging The Status Quo, Want

  FaceBook post by Sandra Cisneros from Sep 20, 2014

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• I think Hispanic women are beautiful with their curves. I'm not sure who feels that way in Hollywood. I was never told to lose 50 pounds. If they think that they just don't bother with you. You just don't get the role and you never know why. That's still better than physically harming yourself and becoming unhealthy just to star in a movie.

  America Ferrera

  Beautiful, Stars, Women

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• No community values entrepreneurship and small business more than the Hispanic community.

  Marco Rubio

  Community, Entrepreneurship, Small Business

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• Look, I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism.

  Ted Cruz

  Thinking, Community, Patriotism

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• I am trying to teach my children to feel a responsibility for their fellow human beings and a sense of connection with ... the world around them.

  Gloria Estefan

  Children, Responsibility, Trying

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• I think that people assumed I was white because of my last name. My father is Caucasian, my mother is Hispanic. But English was my second language, believe it or not.

  George Zimmerman

  Mother, Father, Believe

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• When is the last time you saw a Lamborghini sale?

  Chris Campbell

  Design, Lamborghini, Hitchhiking

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• **** the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!

  David Farragut

  War, Military, Marine

  At the battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864 ('torpedoes' were mines). Capt. A. T. Mahan 'Admiral Farragut' (1892) ch. 10

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• One of the things that really worries me, in part about Mexico, in part about Latin America, and in part about the Hispanic population in the U.S. and Canada. It's the lack of awareness of this whole science world.

  Juan Enriquez

  Latin, America, Worry

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I was grateful to see President Obama's victory speech. I was over the moon to see the audience. There were about 60 percent white voters the other 40 percent were African Americans, Asian, Spanish speaking etc. I wept at that spectacle, it told me that the pundits that continue in our country to try to polarize us, to keep us apart, are not succeeding. Americans are waking up not only to the truth, but the truth in each other. Hallelujah!

  Maya Angelou

  Country, Grateful, Moon

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Nov 09, 2012

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• Education is extremely important to the Hispanic community, as well as faith, and certainly working hard.

  Luis Fortuno

  Work, Community, Important

  "Puerto Rico Gov. Says Latino VP Would Help GOP Win Latino Vote" By Susanne Ramirez de Arellano, www.foxnews.com. February 21, 2012.

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• Look at Hispanic women - they are being paid 42 cents on the dollar - or African-American women. I think it's an issue we have to look at across the board.

  Jessica Chastain

  Thinking, Issues, African American

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.

  Maya Angelou

  Gay, Men, White

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• I look in the eyes and I see the heart. As long as it's a human story. I would like to turn on my television and see African American, Hispanic, Asian as well as Caucasian. And I think there are probably more people like me.

  Angela Bassett

  Heart, Eye, Thinking

  "'The Rosa Parks Story': Angela Bassett Interview". Hollywood.com Interview, www.hollywood.com.

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• I think if you are a black person or an Hispanic person, you are not as fond of Rudolph Giuliani as you are if you happen to be a white person. Because he has trampled on people's civil rights.

  Lynn Samuels

  Thinking, Rights, White

  "Supreme Injustice? Revisiting Election 2000". "CNN The Point with Greta Van Susteren", www.cnn.com. June 19, 2001.

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• Why do so many black and Hispanic people vote for liberals who so energetically support the murder of black and Hispanic babies?

  Bristol Palin

  Baby, People, Support

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• We separated like oil and water. In the cafeteria, you'd see a table of black jocks, table of white jocks, table of rich white kids, table of Hispanic kids, table of Chinese kids, table of druggies, table of chatterboxes, and so on. Wait! There's a diverse table over there! With a few kids of different tenacities and economic status! Oh, that's the nerds. That's where I sat. We weren't cool enough for the other tables, so we didn't discriminate against anybody.

  Gene Weingarten

  Kids, Water, Waiting

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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