Top 661 Quotes & Sayings by Puerto Rican Authors - Page 3

Culturally, musically, historically Cuba and Puerto Rico are like two wings of one bird.

My dad would love to say he taught me how to walk. He taught me how to be like, 'This is your space.'

I get embarrassed when I go to an actor or actress's home and it's filled with pictures of them.

I work out almost every day, and I mix it up: I do Thai kickboxing. I have a personal trainer. I work out at my gym.

Whatever happens, I'm going to adapt to it. I always been like that all my life.

Southern California, they have been amazing. They're totally with us.

I don't want to be named myself as one of the elite boxers of Puerto Rico. That's for the fans and for the people that know about boxing. I just want to do my job the best I can, and I am going to do that the rest of my career.

I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico, everybody is a little more voluptuous, with these beautiful bodies, and there I was, the skinny, lanky girl.

I just think about the fight and what can happen. In the ring, It's my time to shine in front of everyone.

My style has always been my own, just like my flow and style.

The only difference between Benito and Bad Bunny is 16 million followers on Instagram. And the money that Bad Bunny has in the bank. Benito had, like, $7. The numbers are different, but I'm still the same. Even my insecurities remain the same.

If God has given me this many large blessings in such little time, why not help the people that need it?

When Lee and Jack win, it is good for golf. When I win, it is better.

I represent the streets of Puerto Rico around the world.

Westerns are cool, man. I'm big on Westerns. I just love the grittiness.

It's not a bad ball if I can hit it.

I have always believed that you win fights round by round.

I believe, and I may be wrong, the system sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Prison is supposed to rehabilitate, but they don't do that in a lot of cases.

I saw my father writing songs and he would include me in the process when I was little so that kind of sparked my interest for the vocation.

The types of songs I used to do, I used to sing a lot for the streets.

I'm an old-fashioned girl.

To be honest, I don't try to speak and target who my 'audience' is. I just do my thing.

I came here when I was almost 22. I'm perfectly bilingual, but I'm never going to sound like Sandra Bullock.

I try not to go to sleep with makeup, because I think it clogs your pores. I always wash my face with something that contains salicylic acid.

I really don't go out. I love watching movies, and on a day off, I'll work out, do groceries, do laundry, see a friend.

I've been happy to have been here since my first day, and I'm going to be happy to retire as a Cardinal because this organization means a lot to me and this city means a lot to me.

You either make history or you don't.

I like teaching. I would like to help out with the young catchers; be there for them and obviously, you know, what it takes to get here. That's the biggest thing, I think.

Once I tried to find myself as a musician and a composer, I went back and saw that there was something special about Puerto Rican music. I knew that before, but had never sat down and thought about it. The more I learned about it, the more it found its way into the music I was writing.

Arrogance - I have very little tolerance for that.

I saw the original that Gela Babluani wrote and directed called '13 Tzameti,' and that was very interesting. I believe it was a French film, and I was just intrigued by the awkwardness; the off-beatness of the film really just grasped me.

Bad Bunny and I have a great relationship.

I take pride in everything I do.

I had no role models from my own community - there was no such thing. Earlier on, there were people like Dolores Del Rio, but I was too young for that - that was before me. There was really nobody out there.

The part of my personality that most irritated my husband, some of our big, big disagreements were when I got what he called 'showbiz.' He meant flamboyant or raucous.

Let your wife win all the battles, and you'll win the war.

My mom always tells me, 'Joan, you're the brightest star. Embrace your strength and your power when you walk into a room.' So I always have that in me to have that confidence.

To be honest, a lot of ride-alongs are not that great. There might be one or two calls on the radio - not a lot - depending on what time you go.

Managers don't play. We the players play.

I don't do anything just 'cause nothing else is happening, or for money.

I definitely try to be myself and not try to imitate other performers. That's why I got my music degree. I wanted to be prepared and not be a 'product.' I want people to know that I'm not only a singer but a musician as well. I studied guitar, piano, and composition. I believe that it's just about being myself on and off stage.

Everyone has been in love, at some point or another.

I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before.

Being in service and being involved in something that is greater than you is what makes a person complete and whole. The very first thing I ever did in terms of activism was for an anti-atom bomb rally.

We're going to Puerto Rico, where we're gonna close. And we're so excited, we can't see straight.

I've done a lot of collabs, but most of the time, it's me on someone else's track.

You can feel whether an audience is tightened up and pulled back. Of course the opposite is an audience like we've been having in LA, which is fabulous.

My music is my soul speaking, literally. It's spiritual. It has a lot of feelings, a lot of pain.

Catching is a tough position.

I have a daughter, I have a wife, and I would never sing something offensive to others - or, specifically, to offend any women.

I love everybody. When someone hurts, I hurt.

What gives me strength and inspires me is never to go back to where I once was. My inspiration is to see my son as he admires me and knowing that I have someone there who depends on me. I have to do things right. I have to move forward.

I know my body.

As an artist, you keep learning. You draw out different parts of you.

The catching position is hard. You have to find a way to do a lot of things, to be in the game. When you get older, when you're 38 years old, you have to find a way to be on the field.

That, to me, is the real crossover: a mainstream artist singing in Spanish.

I could never wear another uniform. I will forever be a Yankee.

The show did go on, but came very close to not going on at all.

I don't believe in politics. I only believe in my people. And my people - the ones that follow me - are Latinos. I would go with them till the end of the world.

I am more of a surprise kind of guy. I love to find out as I go.