This is what you learned in college," the narrator tells you early on. "A man desires the satisfaction of his desire; a woman desires the condition of desiring.

I am poor, but I am rich. I have my children, I have a garden with roses, and I have my faith and the memories of those who have gone before me. What more is there?

There is no rose without thorns.

We are like the phoenix," said Abuelita. "Rising again, with a new life ahead of us.

Wait for the fruit to fall into your hand.

Oh Esperanza!' said Isabel, jumping up and down and clapping.'I think my heart is dancing.

You never have to get over it you just have to get on with it.

How many others were walking around and not even knowing that someone far away cared for them? Imagine all that love floating in the air, waiting to land on someone's life!

Music does not have a race or a disposition! ... Every instrument has a voice that contributes. Music is a universal language...Music surpasses all distinctions between people.

... and her name was Freedom.

Be creative, be inventive minded, dream bigger that's the way to the promised land (your destiny).

I wanted to be involved with fashion, though I didn't know what being a designer meant.

That's what I mean by being bilingual: comfortable in your skin, comfortable with all parts of who you are.

The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me.

There is nothing more practical than a good theory.

In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.

If only art were as rare as good taste.

I never sing a song more than twice because my fear of waning excitement for a piece is part of my troubles. I so rely on vibe, energy and emotions that the technical part occurs to me last.

takes a devil to make a decent angel.

I want every episode to feel like we still haven't done this right yet.