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I call myself the hardware shelf. There's a lot of awards and honors there. And I have earned that. I didn't ask for it, I didn't beg for it, I didn't pay for it. I earned that. People see the accomplishments - but it's good to remind people that so much strife and labor and tears and heartbreak came before that, that it really is earned. - Rita Moreno
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I grew up as a child who felt she was very inferior to everyone else. - Rita Moreno
I don't want to miss out on my grandchildren and my daughter, and doing Broadway would do just that. - Rita Moreno
I'm not afraid of color. I like color. - Rita Moreno
I write with my left hand even though I'm right-handed, I walk backwards in a very safe place - anything that engages your brain. - Rita Moreno
All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism. - Rita Moreno
I loved being in the film called 'Carnal Knowledge' - the one with Jack Nicholson, which was very dark but a really brilliant movie. I loved being in 'The Ritz.' 'The Ritz' I think is just hilarious. I just saw it again recently and by God, it's still funny! - Rita Moreno
People of accomplishments rarely sit back and let things happen to them. They go out and happen to things. ― Leonardo da Vinci
Arrogance - I have very little tolerance for that. - Rita Moreno
Lupe Velez was way before me; Dolores Del Rio was way before me, so I had no one. So the only one I could think of that I identified with was this gorgeous creature named Elizabeth Taylor, so she became my role model. - Rita Moreno
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
