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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.

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Cristina Saralegui
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 29
Actor
Film Actor
Journalist
Television Actor
Havana
Cuba
Cristina
Cristina Maria Saralegui
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Raising
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Hair
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Springer
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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.
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I'm a royal pain in the behind.
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The world is not ideal, and the only weapon we can give our children is information. Information which is not pretty, but honest.
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We Latin women are liberated from the neck up, not the neck down.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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For me, the American promise isn't just an idea or a theory - it's my life story.
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The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.
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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.
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