Mariluz Rivera Quotes

I do believe that separation can be a bit damaging at times. To be happy about yourself and your culture and all of that is necessary and fulfilling, but the whole tapestry is what's important. ~ Chita Rivera

In certain company
Often the uninvited
We react
We transform one another ~ Michele L. Rivera

Never before had a woman put such agonizing poetry on canvas as Frida did ~ Diego Rivera

I know now that he who hopes to be universal in his art must plant in his own soil. Great art is like a tree, which grows in a particular place and has a trunk, leaves, blossoms, boughs, fruit, and roots of its own. The more native art is, the more it belongs to the entire world, because taste is rooted in nature. When art is true, it is one with nature. This is the secret of primitive art and also of the art of the mastersMichelangelo, Czanne, Seurat, and Renoir. The secret of my best work is that it is Mexican. ~ Diego Rivera

For the love of one person, we can find the strength to love the whole world. ~ Rivera Sun

In my family they always called me "unbreakable", and I never wanted to shatter this image of myself. On the outside I kept my head up and maintained my tough girl image. However inside I was dying. ~ Jenni Rivera

The elite media has been caught in so many lies because of false statements that its whole reputation has eroded, their circulation is down, and their profits are down. ~ Geraldo Rivera

I did not know it then, but Frida had already become the most important fact in my life. And would continue to be, up to the moment she died, 27 years later. ~ Diego Rivera

A lot of Americans like happy endings, but life does not necessarily have a happy ending. ~ Chita Rivera

Freedom keeps us soaring, but quarreling destroys our ability to fly. ~ Victor Manuel Rivera

I realized going back and writing and explaining in details the difficulties I had lived actually became emotional again. It's like therapy but sometimes therapy can be painful. But it's part of life and part of the autobiography so I'll have to finish it sooner or later. ~ Jenni Rivera

More important than starting well in our walk with God is to finish well. ~ Victor Manuel Rivera

I am half Puerto Rican, a quarter German and a quarter black. That was always a big issue for me - being mixed race - because casting directors tended to be very like, 'OK, are you Hispanic for this role?' 'Or is she going to be African American?' ~ Naya Rivera

Are you absolutely sure you want to do this? Seems like maybe it would make more sense to call in a SWAT team or Special Forces." "That won't work, isn't Special Forces where everyone gets a hug?" Charlie called. "That's the Special Olympics," Rivera said over his shoulder. ~ Christopher Moore

Because I have a little bit more, that means I'm better than you? No. Unacceptable. ~ Mariano Rivera

Forge your path. Crack your ancestors wide open. By any means necessary, unearth your roots. ~ Gabby Rivera

The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up. ~ Jenni Rivera

You can always trust me. I will never judge you. ~ Jenni Rivera

Being a mother by far is my favorite and most important career. ~ Jenni Rivera

Mother loved dance so much that she thought (ballerina) Margot Fonteyn should be the president. ~ Chita Rivera

Resistance is singing your grandmother's songs so the next generation will know them. ~ Rivera Sun

A range of studies shows there is no evidence immigrants commit more crime than native-born Americans. In fact, first generation immigrants are predisposed to lower crime rates than native-born Americans. The two cities in this country most impacted by undocumented immigrants, you would think of the New York City with over 500,000 and Los Angeles, with a similar amount. Both those cities are among the safest in the free world. ~ Geraldo Rivera

nonviolent action succeeds twice as often as violent means, in a third of the amount of time, and with a fraction of the casualties. ~ Rivera Sun

I had no one. No one to talk to, at least that is how I felt. No one to hold on to, or who would hold tightly back. No one to tell me everything was going to be alright. No one to say, yes, me too, I know how you feel - No one. ~ Jeannie Davide-Rivera

it was clear that true freedom meant not just the ability to vote or choose one's own political representatives, but the ability to build one's own schools, to have accessible health care and jobs, to have clean air and water and energy in the control of the communities that utilize them. Of course, true freedom and independence also includes a free and fair judicial system, with responsible and accountable policing, fair legal process, and reasoned judgment and sentencing. ~ Oscar Lopez Rivera

I am a woman like any other and ugly things happen to me like any other women. ~ Jenni Rivera

Seriously, some of my best friends are libraries. ~ Gabby Rivera

Scrape knees for love. Tell hard truths for love. And definitely run heart-first into the unknown for love. Try to have a plan. But if you don't, make sure you have people. You coming, mi gente? ~ Gabby Rivera

It made sense that these adult women worked hard on their friendships, even when sex and romantic love weren't part of the equation. It made me wonder about all the ways that we are able to love each other and how movies and TV make it seem like you have to discard people once they break your heart or once the love disappears. Maybe that was a horrible lie, a complete disservice to real love. ~ Gabby Rivera

I don't wait for people to give me respect. I always give them respect. ~ Mariano Rivera

Focusing on and sustaining life activities...jobs, budgets housekeeping etc. takes from me. It is an exhausting struggle; a desperate attempt to tread water while drowning.
Life drains my well. Special interests fill it back up. I need that time, I need that filling, that relaxing, that decompressing, in order to accomplish other tasks in my life. ~ Jeannie Davide-Rivera

You can't be the warrior in someone else's tragedy ~ Michele L. Rivera

The history of [Mariano] Rivera is pretty unbelievable. And even if you're not a Yankee or a baseball fan, you have to appreciate the tradition. He gets respect from Boston fans and Phillies fans, and I love tradition. ~ Andrea Tantaros

This taught me two things: being smart didn't matter, and grades mattered even less because they did not reflect what you knew or what you did not. They only reflected your ability to follow other people's ways of doing things, even if those ways make no sense. ~ Jeannie Davide-Rivera

The woman looked out at the madness of the world and dared to hope. Her eyes were burning coals of stars. ~ Rivera Sun

Marx made theory ... Lenin applied it with his sense of large-scale social organization ... And Henry Ford made the work of the socialist state possible. ~ Diego Rivera

All of the moments where I was made to feel like an outsider in a group that was supposed to have room for me added up and left me feeling so much shame. ~ Gabby Rivera

Honestly, I never thought I'd actually be playing a teen lesbian. I didn't think it was going to go this far. But I'm glad that it did, because there have been a lot of fans who have expressed that they've been going through similar situations in their lives. ~ Naya Rivera

I will admit to hoarding beauty products. I'm a beauty lady. ~ Naya Rivera

Music is one of my greatest loves. I don't think I would be able to live without music in my life. ~ Naya Rivera

I don't just think regular season. I think playoffs. World Series. That's how I think. ~ Mariano Rivera

Your performance gets you promoted. It doesn't matter if you're brown, back or white. ~ Geraldo Rivera

I'm an old-fashioned girl. ~ Chita Rivera

Wild Times
Since Mexico accepted communism as a legitimate political party during the 1920's and allowed refugees greater flexibility of thought, it became a haven from persecution. Moreover, living in Mexico was less costly than most countries, the weather was usually sunny and no one objected to the swinging lifestyle that many of the expats engaged in. It was for these reasons that Julio Mella from Cuba, Leon Trotsky from Russia and others sought refuge there. It also attracted many actors, authors and artists from the United States, many of whom were Communist or, at the very least were "Fellow Travelers" and had leftist leanings. Although the stated basic reason for the Communist Party's existence was to improve conditions for the working class, it became a hub for the avant-garde, who felt liberated socially as well as politically. The bohemian enclave of Coyoacán now a part of Mexico City, where Frida Kahlo was born, was located just east of San Angel which at the time was a district of the ever expanding City. It also became the gathering place for personalities such as the American actor Orson Welles, the beautiful actress Dolores del Río, the famous artist Diego Rivera and his soon-to-be-wife, "Frida," who became and is still revered as the illustrious matriarch of Mexico. ~ Hank Bracker

I understood 'microaggressions' to mean 'little bullshit acts of racism. ~ Gabby Rivera