Puerto Rico Quotes - Page 2

• I was aware that my nomination was drawing a lot of attention, particularly in the Latino world, not just in Puerto Rico. It was touching.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Drawing, Touching, Attention

  Source: eldiariony.com

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• I got a message from one of my friends in Puerto Rico, who said, 'Sonia, there's nobody working in Puerto Rico - they're all glued to the television'. And I got a similar message from a friend in Spain.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Spain, Television, Messages

  Source: eldiariony.com

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• Elijah Muhammad teaches us the truth of God beautified the planet by separating everybody in different countries for themselves: Chinese in China, English in England, Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico, Ethiopians in Ethiopia, Arabians in Arabia, Egyptians in Egypt, and Americans took that country and stole it away so there's always going to be trouble and chaos.

  Muhammad Ali

  Country, Egypt, Chinese

  "Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.

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• Puerto Rico has a stray dog problem. Tens of thousands of homeless canines - hundreds of thousands, by some estimates - live and die on the streets and beaches all over this Caribbean island of almost four million people.

  Juliana Hatfield

  Dog, Beach, Islands

  "Save the Satos" by Juliana Hatfield, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 30, 2010.

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• we left about midnight and walked down the hill in silence. the night was muggy, and all around me i felt the same pressure, a sense of time rushing by while it seemed to be standing still. whenever i thought of time in puerto rico, i was reminded of those old magnetic clocks that hung on the walls of my classrooms in high school. every now and then a hand would not move for several minutes -- and if i watched it long enough, wondering if it had finally broken down, the sudden click of the hand jumping three for four notches would startle me when it came.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Wall, Moving, School

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “The Rum Diary: A Novel”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

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• If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their future political status aspirations accordingly.

  Dick Thornburgh

  Jobs, Self, Empowering

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• In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on the road of self-determination leading to full self-government.

  Dick Thornburgh

  Determination, Government, Self

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• (Talks about her grandmother Marjorie Finlay)"She was actually a recording star in Puerto Rico when my mom was growing up. My mom was always stuck sitting backstage somewhere or sitting in a front row, watching a performance her entire childhood. She thought that when her mom stopped performing she was relieved of those duties, but all I wanted to do was sing, ever since I was born, so she's always been backstage.

  Taylor Swift

  Mom, Stars, Growing Up

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• I did not feel 'evil' when I wrote advertisements for Puerto Rico. They helped attract industry and tourists to a country which had been living on the edge of starvation for 400 years.

  David Ogilvy

  Country, Years, Evil

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• The truth of the matter is that we are being very aggressive, so that we can lay the foundations for investors to come to Puerto Rico, for jobs to be created, and for opportunities to ensue. And our objective, again, is for Puerto Rico, for the people of Puerto Rico who want to stay here, for them to have the opportunity to stay here.

  Ricky Rossello

  Opportunity, People, Aggressive

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• On Saturday mornings I would walk to the Flavor Cup or Puerto Rico Importing coffee store to get my coffee. Often it was freshly roasted and the beans were still warm. Coffee was my nectar and my ambrosia: I was very careful about it. I decanted my beans into glass...and I ground them in little batches in my grinder.

  Laurie Colwin

  Morning, Coffee, Glasses

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• Puerto Rico is one of those places you can be as quiet or as crazy as you want, because there's so much nightlife. I have to take the craziness carefully.

  Bruce Forsyth

  Crazy, Nightlife, Want

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• When I married Wilnelia, one of the first things I wanted to know about Puerto Rico was the quality of the golf courses.

  Bruce Forsyth

  Golf, Quality, Firsts

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• Aside from being a Latina, my family immigrated from Puerto Rico and Yugoslavia so I know all about that. I wouldn’t be able to do what I do today if they didn’t come to America. Everybody has an immigration story.

  Naya Rivera

  Yugoslavia, America, Immigration

  "Naya Rivera, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Rocsi Diaz Take A Stand For Immigration In New PSAs", www.foxnews.com. July 14, 2014.

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• I'd want Puerto Rico to become the 51st state of America.

  Ricky Rossello

  America, Want, States

  Source: www.npr.org

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• My mother always gives the best advice. When I left Puerto Rico to pursue my dreams, she always supported me and said to me, 'I'm never going to cut your wings, so don't let anyone else do that to you.' That has been my philosophy through life. I want to share that valuable lesson with my little girl someday.

  Roselyn Sanchez

  Girl, Mother, Dream

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I left Chicago, people said, 'Careful with that Texas heat'. I'm like, 'I'm from Puerto Rico. I know heat.

  Amaury Nolasco

  Texas, People, Chicago

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The most important thing is to find the balance between city and nature. I have that 'hippie quality' - my husband is a super-hippie Los Angeles boy - so we'll have to make time to go to Puerto Rico, and upstate New York, and be sure we get to do outdoorsy stuff like that.

  Ana Ortiz

  New York, Husband, Hippie

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• However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by, and subject to alteration under, federal statutory law.

  Dick Thornburgh

  Government, Law, States

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• Now that the there is a path for the people of Puerto Rico to express their self-determination on Puerto Rico's political status, there are some who seek to block that path.

  Dick Thornburgh

  Determination, Block, Self

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• Puerto Rico is not a full part of the United States. We're a territory or a colonial territory.

  Ricky Rossello

  United States, Territory, States

  Source: www.npr.org

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• That is why, with optimism instead of fear, all those who want to see Puerto Rico's status resolved should seek the truth about each option, including the upside and the downside of each.

  Dick Thornburgh

  Optimism, Want, Should

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• I had such a great upbringing in Puerto Rico, and it was just a very normal life.

  Roselyn Sanchez

  Normal, Upbringing, Normal Life

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Federal program and services outlay in Puerto Rico is approximately $10 billion per year.

  Dick Thornburgh

  Years, Program, Billions

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• Regardless of what ideological twist people may have, about 90 to 95 percent of our population [in Puerto Rico] really values our citizenship. It's of utmost importance.

  Ricky Rossello

  People, Twists, Population

  "Puerto Ricans Reflect On A Century Of (Limited) Citizenship". "Morning Edition", www.npr.org. March 2, 2017.

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