Latina Quotes

• People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.

  Zoe Saldana

  Women, Latin, Thinking

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• I usually say Latina, Mexican-American or American Mexican, and in certain contexts, Chicana, depending on whether my audience understands the term or not.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Mexican, Certain, Term

  FaceBook post by Sandra Cisneros from May 29, 2011

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• The Latina spirit translates to every aspect of our lives, from beauty to work to family. We're loving, we're loud, and we're beautiful in our essence.

  Eva Longoria

  Beautiful, Essence, Spirit

  "Eva Longoria on Business, Beauty, and Mastering Her Signature Smoky Eye". Interview with Patricia Reynoso, www.glamour.com. March 17, 2015.

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• She's applying her lipstick; I've always believed that the universe invented the color red solely for Latinas.

  Junot Diaz

  Color, Red, Lipstick

  Junot Diaz (2012). “This Is How You Lose Her”, p.16, Faber & Faber

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• The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Forever, Heritage, Embers

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• Being Latina to me is living your life like it's a big old fiesta!

  Adrienne Bailon

  Live Your Life, Fiesta, Bigs

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• If a Latina falls in love with someone who is insecure, it can be a nightmare.

  Sofia Vergara

  Falling In Love, Insecure, Nightmare

  "Sofia Vergara Gives Men Tips on Landing Latina Women" By Alexandra J. Gratereaux, www.foxnews.com. March 19, 2012.

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• I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Wise, Women, Glowing

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• I am a woman, and I am a Latina. Those are the things that make my writing distinctive. Those are the things that give my writing power.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Writing, Giving, Distinctive

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• I tried to conform to what everyone thinks is beautiful. But my genetics gave me a curvy figure, and I've come to understand that in the Latina culture, that is beautiful.

  Demi Lovato

  Beautiful, Thinking, Culture

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I have to represent. I feel proud to have a culture that's different and proud to be a Latina. We're not all categorized as one type of person there's people from everywhere doing different things who have different types of cultures. Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.

  Natalie Martinez

  Strong Women, People, Different

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• Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I'm proud to be Latina.

  Raquel Welch

  House, Citizens, Proud

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• When I think of my Latina side, I imagine family barbecues with carne asada, rice, beans, tortillas and a jalapeno on my plate along with 'Vicente Fernandez' blaring out the speakers. Spicy food. Salsa. Tamales. Family.

  Alicia Sixtos

  Thinking, Tamales, Jalapenos

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Because I also write, I really admire Latinas who are creating content. That's the next step. We can talk about seeing more Latinas on TV all day long, but it's about what we can do to make that happen. Women like Eva Longoria, Sofía Vergara, Jennifer Lopez, and Salma Hayek are producing a lot of great shows that feature Latinas. Those are the women who inspire me because they're not just acting; they're creating for the future.

  Chrissie Fit

  Writing, Creating, Long

  "Meet Chrissie Fit: The Latina Actress Twirling Through Hollywood - Literally". Interview with Lyndsay Green, www.glamour.com. July 30, 2015.

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• It might sound dramatic and a little grandiose, but as a Latina, I would like to be someone that gives a voice to my culture.

  Cristela Alonzo

  Voice, Giving, Sound

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• I have always been taught to be proud of being Latina, proud of being Mexican, and I was. I was probably more proud of being a "label" than of being a human being, that's the way most of us were taught.

  Erin Gruwell

  Mexican, Labels, Proud

  The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell (2007). “The Freedom Writers Diary (Movie Tie-in Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them”, p.86, Broadway Books

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• To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.

  Zoe Saldana

  Mean

  "Zoe Saldana:‘There’s Just Not Enough Diversity On Magazine Covers’" by Lee Hernandez, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 05, 2012.

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• As a young writer, I was on guard against the Latina in me, the Spanish in me because as far as I could see the models that were presented to me did not include my world. In fact, 'I was told by one teacher in college that one could only write poetry in the language in which one first said Mother. That left me out of American literature, for sure.

  Julia Alvarez

  Mother, Teacher, Writing

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• My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Differences, Judging, Heritage

  "White House: Sotomayor Says She Chose Words Poorly in 2001 Remarks". www.foxnews.com. May 29, 2009.

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• As I got older, the role that I ended up (playing) on One Life to Live was a mother because, by then, I had a stable marriage - so I thought - and a beautiful son and mother roles became what I was doing well. I was still the Latina mom who very much related to people who love family. All those traditional values (were) coming back into my life.

  Patricia Mauceri

  Beautiful, Mom, Mother

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina' trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism.

  Camille Paglia

  Wise, Men, White Man

  "Obama’s Hit — and Big Miss". Salon Column, www.salon.com. June 10, 2009.

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• Because of their low earnings and family obligations, Latinas would not be putting much money into private investment accounts. An average Latina could wind up losing thousands of dollars under this proposal.

  Grace Napolitano

  Average, Wind, Earning

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• I will never stop working on Spanish-language projects because that's my language, and because I'm a Latina and Mexican before anything else.

  Kate del Castillo

  Mexican, Language, Projects

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman.' Wouldn't they have to withdraw? New racism is no better than old racism.

  Newt Gingrich

  Men, White, Racism

  FaceBook post by Newt Gingrich from May 27, 2009

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• The only difference between the Bel Air of the '90s and the Bel Air of my childhood is that now the nannies are Latina instead of British, and the cars European instead of American

  Lorna Luft

  Air, Differences, Car

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