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My neighborhood was a great neighborhood it was filled with all sorts of ethnic groups and things. So I grew up thinking I was a human being.
Chita Rivera
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Chita Rivera
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: January 23
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Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero
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I'm bugged because I can't believe I can't speak every language there is. But I feel I can when I sit and am with somebody, and I can dance for them. Because dance is dialogue without language.
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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.
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I never like the way I look. I don't. I never look at myself.
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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.
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I really never felt any tremendous aggravation or separation.
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You know I've got a generator that's still popping.
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My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days.
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I love the theater because the theater is alive. The audience is right there.
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I have to make this love affair believable enough. It's very European.
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Looking back doesn't have to be painful.
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It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.
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After about 15 minutes, you feel that you're winning them over.
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Mother loved dance so much that she thought (ballerina) Margot Fonteyn should be the president.
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San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there.
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Theatre is immediate gratification
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I love life. I love the live theater.
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The spirit of dance is an amazing thing. When the body and the spirit meet, it's a good thing.
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I am young in my energy because I really still believe that we can share who we are, and we can wipe off on each other. I see this huge tapestry when we're born, and this red blob that's your soul or your heart.
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I can tell you where my Tonys are. They're in a beautiful place in my living room, in a glass cabinet.
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For some of us, the Gypsy years can go on forever ... That isn't such a bad thing. When all is said and done, they're a lot of fun. The truth is, I liked being a Gypsy. It's who I was. And it's still a lot of who I am. Gypsy, it's a good word.
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