I'm not afraid of color. I like color. - Rita Moreno

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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 still love the people I’ve loved, even if I cross the street to avoid them.

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Mellowing has never done much for me. You need to keep moving. - Rita Moreno

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They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them. - Rita Moreno

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I grew up as a child who felt she was very inferior to everyone else. - Rita Moreno

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I don't want to miss out on my grandchildren and my daughter, and doing Broadway would do just that. - Rita Moreno

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When I was a little girl, there was no Variety Latino. When I was a little girl, there was no nothing. There were very few roles for people like myself. - Rita Moreno

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All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism. - Rita Moreno

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When you engage your brain, it just keeps getting fatter and richer and wonderful. - Rita Moreno

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