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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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Arrogance - I have very little tolerance for that. - Rita Moreno
Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. Whatever it is that makes you happy. - Rita Moreno
I grew up as a child who felt she was very inferior to everyone else. - Rita Moreno
Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life. - Rita Moreno
The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her.
When you engage your brain, it just keeps getting fatter and richer and wonderful. - Rita Moreno
All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism. - 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
Mellowing has never done much for me. You need to keep moving. - Rita Moreno
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
