If I have to be compared to somebody, it is to Martha Stewart.

I'm a royal pain in the behind.

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.

People look at you and see that you've made it, but sometimes they forget that it took you years of being a human being.

Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes.

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.

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.

We Latin women are liberated from the neck up, not the neck down.

For me, the American promise isn't just an idea or a theory - it's my life story.

Being a professional woman, I function the best when I don't distinguish between work and play.

The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.

Acuerdate de lo que te digo, mi niño. No tengas miedo. Todo lo que te ha pasado te ayudará. Vas a salir adelante.

Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.

Narrow, angular features, pouty lips and hatred-filled pale, washed-out blue irises glared back at him.Caleb flashed the young man a malevolent smirk and readied his blade. “Jude Winslow, I presume.

The only reason that the devil can read scripture, is that it was written with him in mind.

We use our gadgets for distraction and entertainment. We use them to avoid work while giving the impression that we're actually working hard.

Cleaning is my favorite way to relax. I clear things out and get rid of the stuff I don't need. When the food pantry and the refrigerator are organized, I feel less stressed.

Viewers can determine what they want to watch and what they don't want to watch.

Successful weight management really means a permanent change in lifestyle - and success in this arena provides that person with a great opportunity to model that behavior for friends and family.

Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.

A major golf tournament is 40,000 sadists watching 144 masochists.