Cristina Saralegui Quotes

Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes.
Like most Latinas, I'm not afraid to speak my mind.
Like Winston Churchill said, 'Never give up,' and I won't give up. It's a miracle that we even got on the air, and I'm very pleased with the ratings and the response.
My hope is to see Tom Cruise jumping on my couch.
On the television planet, where men make up the tribe, the law of the caveman rules. So, for a woman coming from another world, without experience or cunning, to succeed gradually in gaining control over what is to be taped, what goes out over the air, what is said without censorship, is an epic feat.
People look at you and see that you've made it, but sometimes they forget that it took you years of being a human being.
People would write me hate letters. How dare I try to represent Hispanics when I was so white? I tried to make them see it was racism.
President Obama is a principled man who has worked hard to put healthcare and a good education in the reach of millions of Americans and believes that everyone who works hard and plays by the rules, should have a fair shot at the American dream.
The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.
The difference between Oprah Winfrey and me is about $200 million.
The talk show, as a genre, has been in decline for a while. It started with Jerry Springer, when the talk shows suffered a metamorphosis, going from the real and social issues to the hair-raising.
The world is not ideal, and the only weapon we can give our children is information. Information which is not pretty, but honest.
To realize the American dream, the most important thing to understand is that it belongs to everybody. It's a human dream. If you understand this and work very hard, it is possible.
We Latin women are liberated from the neck up, not the neck down.
When you have a child who wants to take his own life and you feel powerless, nothing else in life matters.
You can't ignore the obvious. Women after a certain age are believed to be good for nothing in the entertainment field, especially in the Latin world.
You have to eat right. That does not mean that I don't drink Cuban coffee. That does not mean that I do not have two cigarettes a day - that's what I'm down to. I drink wine - you know, I'm normal. But I do eat well.
You need to put easy, nice, tranquil thoughts in your head before you go to bed. You know what I do? I read metaphysical books. The good stuff stays in your brain once you go under.
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Cristina Saralegui
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29 January, 1948
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Cuba
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