Rita Moreno quotes
What I say to my gente [people] is to hang on, and to remember who they are, be proud of who they are, and keep talking. And keep complaining, and just don't ever - don't give up. That's always been my motto anyway. My motto has always been "persevere" - perseverancia. And that's what we need to do.
Rita Moreno
If you have been traumatised from the time you were a child to believe you were a ‘spic', that you were a garlic-mouth, that you are not worthy, it takes a long time to get rid of that. That's why therapy so often takes so long, because you're trying to get rid of that trash before you can deal with the you that wants to get better. I went into therapy wanting to get better, knowing that in some way I had a sickness. And the sickness was Rita hates Rita.
Rita Moreno
He didn't like the raucous side of me and I love that side of me. I think I'm funny as hell and I think I'm cute and I think I'm mischievous. I know I'm mischievous. And that's the kind of thing he discouraged, and that makes me very sad, because he was missing out on something pretty wonderful about me...You know, I think I owe an enormous debt to psychotherapy. Without that, I wouldn't be the Rita you know and love.
Rita Moreno
It never occurred to me when I was 10 years old that I was going to end up representing an entire-not just community, but nationality. That's not something I ever thought of, because I wasn't a political person then. But I was forced to become one because of the circumstances. At some point, I discovered that a lot of people were suffering unnecessarily. I really started to understand that everyone has a responsibility to others and to a community, that you are not the only person in the world you simply represent, whether you like it or not.
Rita Moreno
