Chita Rivera
I'm bugged because I can't believe I can't speak every language there is. But I feel I can when I sit and am with somebody, and I can dance for them. Because dance is dialogue without language.Collection: Believe
My neighborhood was a great neighborhood; it was filled with all sorts of ethnic groups and things. So I grew up thinking I was a human being.Collection: Thinking
Mother loved dance so much that she thought (ballerina) Margot Fonteyn should be the president.Collection: Dance
Looking back doesn't have to be painful.Collection: Painful
I love life. I love the live theater.Collection: Love Life
For some of us, the Gypsy years can go on forever ... That isn't such a bad thing. When all is said and done, they're a lot of fun. The truth is, I liked being a Gypsy. It's who I was. And it's still a lot of who I am. Gypsy, it's a good word.Collection: Fun
It's important that the kids stay busy. It's important that they have something to focus on, and something that they feel good about.Collection: Kids
I have a blessed life. I really do. I have a great family, a great daughter, I love life, I love living, I love people. I love all the blessings that God's given me.Collection: Daughter
I have always loved a challenge.Collection: Challenges
Somebody told me once I wasn't Latin enough, and that made me laughCollection: Latin
I never like the way I look. I don't. I never look at myself.Collection: Looks
American audiences are affected by what the English people think.Collection: Thinking
I do believe that separation can be a bit damaging at times. To be happy about yourself and your culture and all of that is necessary and fulfilling, but the whole tapestry is what's important.Collection: Believe
A lot of Americans like happy endings, but life does not necessarily have a happy ending.Collection: Doe
I never feel as though I'm ever, ever alone.Collection: Feels
We were taking collections for people with AIDS in New York around Easter.Collection: Easter
You know I've got a generator that's still popping.Collection: Generations
I really never felt any tremendous aggravation or separation.Collection: Aggravation