Latina Quotes

Latina Quote of the day

The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.

I usually say Latina, Mexican-American or American Mexican, and in certain contexts, Chicana, depending on whether my audience understands the term or not.

Many artists in Mexico fight to be the Latina Madonna. I don't want that! Never! Maybe she's the American Gloria Trevi!

The Latina spirit translates to every aspect of our lives, from beauty to work to family. We're loving, we're loud, and we're beautiful in our essence.

If a Latina falls in love with someone who is insecure, it can be a nightmare.

She's applying her lipstick; I've always believed that the universe invented the color red solely for Latinas.

I'm an actress, and I am Latina.

Being Latina to me is living your life like it's a big old fiesta!

The most beautiful women in the world were African.

I had dreams, but always told myself, 'Nah, that would never happen.' For a poor Latina, (acting) wasn't a reality.

I tried to conform to what everyone thinks is beautiful. But my genetics gave me a curvy figure, and I've come to understand that in the Latina culture, that is beautiful.

I'm Latina. I was born with high heels. We crossed border in high heels. We were running from immigration...I can do aerobics in heels.

To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.

As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.

Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina' trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism.

Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America?

That one time I had ma Latina texture going on.. Or just.. everyday.

Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.

It might sound dramatic and a little grandiose, but as a Latina, I would like to be someone that gives a voice to my culture.

I also have a film coming up called Breaking Up, and my part in that was not written for a Latina, and my character is not particularly pretty or sexy or exotic.

Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman.' Wouldn't they have to withdraw? New racism is no better than old racism.

Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.

The only difference between the Bel Air of the '90s and the Bel Air of my childhood is that now the nannies are Latina instead of British, and the cars European instead of American

I will never stop working on Spanish-language projects because that's my language, and because I'm a Latina and Mexican before anything else.

I was raised in Chicago, so always used Latina. It's what my Father and brothers called ourselves, when we meant the entire Spanish-speaking community of Chicago.

Sarah Palin is Latina. Pay-leen. She has an infant and a grandkid the same age. Latina!

I get a lot of credit for having succeeded as a Latina in this world, and I am not that. I appreciate it, but I'm Italian. And that does happen a lot.

Wonder Woman was on TV when I was growing up, and I knew Lynda Carter was part Latina. It gave me a great sense of pride.

The women I love most are Latina - my sister, mother, and daughter. They're spontaneous but spend a majority of their time trying to make others happy.

Halloween is the only day I can dress up like a hot Latina woman with a beer belly.

Don't be afraid to say what you don't know, and speak for what you do know. Say, "I can't speak for all Latinas, but I can speak for me and tell you very, very honestly."

Sometimes, growing up, I tried to be very Latina; I would change my voice... experiment with my hair a lot, trying to figure out who I was in a primarily white school.

Until they hired a Latina to write for Laurel [in How to Get Away with Murder], I was scared that she was going to fall into stereotypes.

I want to steer away from the stereotypes that Latina women are categorized in. I feel like there are so many more opportunities for us. I like going out for those roles that says open ethnicity.

I guess it all depends on whom you ask and when you ask. Race, I've learned, is in the eye of the beholder.

White man racist nominee would be forced to withdraw. Latina woman racist should also withdraw.

I've always loved to sing in Spanish. To me, it's just my culture. It's what I am; I'm Latina.

I love going to the hair salon. I'm Spanish. I think it's more of a Latina thing to go to the hair salon.

Fools laugh at the Latin language. -Rident stolidi verba Latina

Evidence tells that black and Latina woman are more accepting of curves, and that's a good thing.

When I first came out to L.A., Hollywoods idea of a Latina was Mexican. It was almost like they had never seen or heard of an Afro-Latina before.

Latina women are proud to be called Mrs. That simply means that we have a family.

Sonia Sotomayor is uniquely and exquisitely sensitive to race issues because she is a Latina.

Like most Latinas, I'm not afraid to speak my mind.

The tension between people is palpable, and the ideal of what it means to be and look American becomes a preoccupation to folks around the country, including me.

...being Latino means being from everywhere, and that is exactly what America is supposed to be about.

I never wanted to be saved, just loved in ways that would make the Gods jealous.

A mother isn’t the person who births you

The silver flask called to him.Blue Coyote Motel

Sometimes opposites attract, or so they say, but Paloma and Rocío were like arroz and mangú: they didn’t really mix well.