Cristina Saralegui Quotes

America was the place that said, 'It doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matter what your last name is, it doesn't matter if you drink cortaditos, or lattes, or coffee with milk. Here, if you work hard, anything is possible.'
Being a professional woman, I function the best when I don't distinguish between work and play.
For me, the American promise isn't just an idea or a theory - it's my life story.
How proud I am to be compared to Oprah. I really admire her. She's a minority woman and she's done all this by herself... I'm very happy to be Oprah with salsa and not Donahue in drag.
I always knew what I was worth, what I could do, what I could not do. I think that I have a genetic problem with lying. I just can't lie. I get in trouble with my husband because of that. He wishes that I wasn't so sincere, but I am.
I am a Cuban mother, and you do not let your cubs get into trouble without you trying to help them all the way.
I am not a person of faith. I'm a Catholic. I was brought up Catholic, but I'm not a church-going sort of girl. I'm very spiritual. I pray every night. I believe in Heaven and Hell, but I'm not a person that goes to church, like, every Sunday.
I came to this country when I was 12 years old because my parents wanted to give me new opportunities to succeed. President Obama wants everyone to have the chances I had.
I have gotten into a lot of trouble in my life for being brutally honest. Sometimes I put both my feet in my mouth. But like Elton John, I'm still standing.
I love beating the men. When I beat 'em in the ratings, when I beat 'em in the salary, I always say, 'One more for the girls.'
I want to make sure I'm not a dilettante. Decorating has been a passion all my life. I love it.
I was the only person at Univision who had complete creative control of my own show, by contract. They didn't like that. I was the executive producer; I owned the studio where we taped. I decided who went on my show and who didn't.
I'll never retire from working; I'll keep my life interesting until I drop dead.
I'm a royal pain in the behind.
I'm happy. I've had a great career. I adore my family. My closest friends from decades ago remain my closest friends.
I'm one of the highest-paid television people in the world. I feel like I've made a difference in my viewers' lives, that I've been influential.
I'm very, very Spanish. I have fat cheeks on both ends. I'm sitting on my Spanish part. And it's my heart, the way I am, the way I speak. It has nothing to do with the way I look.
If I have to be compared to somebody, it is to Martha Stewart.
If you stay on the air for 18 years, people know you.
In my house, we speak Spanglish to the dogs, to the grandchildren, to the kids.
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Cristina Saralegui
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29 January, 1948
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