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Raquel Welch

Raquel Welch

American Actress

Born: Sep 5, 1940

Being Me Myself Sex Think You

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I have a very, very good life. I'm grateful for all of my friends, my family and the life that I have, and the possibilities in my future. Raquel Welch

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My family was very conservative, and I had a traditional upbringing. I was not brought up to be a sex symbol, nor is it in my nature to be one. The fact that I became one is probably the loveliest, most glamorous and fortunate misunderstanding. Raquel Welch

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I found out a long time ago that if I indulged by stuffing my face with great food, lying about reading books and watching TV or talking on the phone, I was not a happy camper. Raquel Welch

Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict. Raquel Welch

Sex Sex Symbol Rather Like Being Convict Symbol

Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I'm proud to be Latina. Raquel Welch

Citizen Latina Latinos Stay Proud Here

I knew my mother was - well, her ancestry dated back to John Quincy Adams, so she was totally not Latina. She was definitely whatever you call it - white bread, shall we say? Raquel Welch

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You can't fake listening. It shows. Raquel Welch

You Listening Fake Shows

When I first came along in the business, they didn't really like the idea of my name being Raquel. Raquel Welch

Business First Idea Name Along Like Came Being Really

I'm not imperceptible to masculine charm, but, well, you know, I can flirt. Raquel Welch

You Charm Masculine Know Well Flirt

I've always been a health fanatic. Raquel Welch

Health Always Been Fanatic

Turning 60 was not a happy time. I didn't think 'I'm falling apart,' but I did re-examine my priorities. Raquel Welch

Time Happy Think Re-Examine Priorities Falling Did Apart Turning

My father came from a country called Bolivia. He was of Spanish descent. I never went to Bolivia until I was 60 years old, but apparently when he was 17, he had already planned his entire academic curriculum so that he could graduate high school and enter college in the United States. That's how much he wanted to come to this country. Raquel Welch

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I find clothes so constricting! Raquel Welch

Clothes Find

Without women to nurture in this world, how do - how do men get by? How do children get by? How does society get by at all? Raquel Welch

Women World Nurture Men Society Without Does How Get Children

I felt like, you know, my presence in the world of cinema had a different meaning than Meryl Streep... There was an impact that was made, but it wasn't the usual. Raquel Welch

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The whole sex-symbol thing is part of what I do as an actress. It's a kind of character I play. It's part of me, but not the whole me. Raquel Welch

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I don't feel like, unless I have a boyfriend or somebody to march down the aisle with for the fifth time, that I'm 'Oh, poor me.' I'm not going to go running out desperately looking, making myself crazy and thinking that, without that, I'm nothing. Raquel Welch

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