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You want a lesson? I'll give you a lesson. How about a geography lesson? My father's from Puerto Rico. My mother's from El Salvador. And neither one of those is Mexico.
Jennifer Esposito
You
Mother
Father
Lesson
Those
Neither
About
Give
How
Geography
Mexico
Salvador
Want
El Salvador
Rico
Puerto
Puerto Rico
I was in Puerto Rico going to school, and it was very jarring for me. 'Traumatic' is the only way that I can say it. Kids were making fun of me: 'Oh, you're a Yankee.' And I acted out a lot. A lot. But looking back, and through a little bit of therapy, everything I am has to do with that time.
Jimmy Smits
Time
Me
You
School
Looking
Looking Back
Back
Everything
Way
Say
Bit
Kids
Out
Only
Through
Yankee
Making
Am
Were
Lot
Very
Going
Oh
Little
Little Bit
Jarring
Acted
Rico
Therapy
Fun
Traumatic
Puerto
Puerto Rico
I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico, everybody is a little more voluptuous, with these beautiful bodies, and there I was, the skinny, lanky girl.
Joyce Giraud
Beautiful
Girl
Everybody
Kind
More
Voluptuous
Very
Little
Bodies
Skinny
Rico
Awkward
Puerto
Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, we have a lot of traditions. We eat a very typical thing that's called 'pasteles' - it's almost like a tamale made of bananas, and we make it all together. Like, all the women of the family unite, and it's a very big deal, a very big thing.
Joyce Giraud
Family
Together
Women
Made
Big
Typical
Eat
Almost
Like
Make
Deal
Big Deal
Traditions
Lot
Very
Bananas
Big Thing
Rico
Unite
Thing
Puerto
Puerto Rico
I never thought anything was strange in Puerto Rico other than the big mosquitos; because I was born there, nothing was really foreign to me. I think what I saw strange coming to L.A. was that a lot of people are a little bit two-faced. In Puerto Rico, you don't get that.
Joyce Giraud
Me
You
Strange
People
Thought
Big
Nothing
Think
Other
Saw
Bit
Born
Never
Because
Foreign
Coming
Lot
Than
Get
Anything
Little
Little Bit
Really
Rico
Puerto
Puerto Rico
When my mom, Mercedes, and her younger sister, Juanita, first came from Puerto Rico, they were the youngest in the family. They had to jump into a new community and really learn English, assimilate, and adapt - and I saw that. I grew up in that community.
Kimberly Guilfoyle
Mom
Family
First
Sister
Community
Saw
Mercedes
Had
New
Learn
Came
Were
Up
Jump
Grew
Younger
Really
Younger Sister
Youngest
Rico
English
Her
Assimilate
Puerto
Puerto Rico
Adapt
My grandfather was extremely dark and from Puerto Rico, but his brother had blond hair and blue eyes. There are so many different shades, and I think Hollywood has yet to realize that.
La La Anthony
Eyes
Dark
Hair
Think
Extremely
Brother
Shades
Had
His
Blond
Blue
Blue Eyes
Different
Grandfather
Hollywood
Realize
Rico
Many
Puerto
Puerto Rico
Over 90 percent of parents in Puerto Rico want their children to be totally fluent in English.
Luis Fortuno
Parents
Fluent
Totally
Percent
Over
Children
Want
Rico
English
Puerto
Puerto Rico
I am a senior Democratic Member of Congress whose parents were born in Puerto Rico and for whom Puerto Rico self-determination has been - and remains - a central issue of my congressional career.
Luis Gutierrez
Parents
Congress
Member
Has-Been
Born
Remains
Self-Determination
Democratic
Am
Issue
Were
Been
Senior
Central
Congressional
Rico
Whom
Whose
Puerto
Puerto Rico
Career
I don't want to be named myself as one of the elite boxers of Puerto Rico. That's for the fans and for the people that know about boxing. I just want to do my job the best I can, and I am going to do that the rest of my career.
Miguel Cotto
Best
Myself
People
Fans
Job
Rest
About
Named
Know
For The People
Boxers
Boxing
Am
Going
Just
Want
Rico
Puerto
Elite
Puerto Rico
Career
I was actually born and raised in Puerto Rico. I moved to the States when I was 19. I was very impressed early on by being around people who spoke my language and ate the same food and listened to the same music, dressed the same. But then you look around and, you know, you're not in Puerto Rico.
Miguel Zenon
Music
Food
You
People
Language
States
Ate
Born
Dressed
Spoke
Know
Look
Around
Impressed
Very
Same
Listened
Moved
Being
Then
Rico
Who
Actually
Puerto
Early
Puerto Rico
Raised
When I started music, I started out in Puerto Rico with classical music. But what really made me want to be a musician was jazz, and because I didn't grow up with jazz, I had to learn it from a very basic level. I had to go into the history and learn everything about the development of the music, all the players and all that stuff.
Miguel Zenon
Music
Me
History
Made
Jazz
Everything
Musician
Out
Classical
About
Classical Music
Had
Development
Stuff
Learn
Because
Go
Up
Very
Want
Really
Rico
Grow
Grow Up
Basic
Level
Puerto
Players
Puerto Rico
Started
Puerto Rico got too futuristic with the electronic reggaeton. It lost the essence of the reggae music.
Nicky Jam
Music
Lost
Too
Futuristic
Got
Essence
Reggae
Rico
Electronic
Puerto
Puerto Rico
The way you pronounce words the Puerto Rico way, it's not really global for music. Colombians speak some of the best Spanish in the world. So having a Colombian next to me every time I write makes my music more international.
Nicky Jam
Music
Time
Best
Me
You
Words
Speak
World
Every
Every Time
Way
Some
Pronounce
Having
More
Write
Global
Makes
Spanish
Really
Next
Rico
International
Puerto
Puerto Rico
I would say one of the most romantic things I've done is I've taken a girlfriend back to her hometown when she hadn't been back for years. It was in Puerto Rico, and we stayed there for about a week and a half. She showed me the different places she grew up around.
Noah Centineo
Me
Half
Back
Say
Would
Stayed
Girlfriend
About
Week
Taken
Most
She
Around
Been
Years
Up
Done
Different
Romantic
Grew
Places
Different Places
Rico
Hometown
Her
Things
Puerto
Puerto Rico
The government of Puerto Rico has every right to hold a plebiscite, to consult the people of Puerto Rico regarding their wishes. But the truth is that for a change in the status of Puerto Rico to happen, you need both Congress and Puerto Rico agreeing to it.
Pedro Pierluisi
Truth
Government
You
Change
Truth Is
People
Congress
Every
Status
Both
Consult
Wishes
Happen
Hold
Regarding
Rico
Agreeing
Right
Puerto
Puerto Rico
Need
After four centuries of Spanish rule, Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States in 1898. Residents were granted U.S. citizenship in 1917, and the federal government has allowed Puerto Rico to exercise authority over its local affairs in a manner similar to the 50 states.
Pedro Pierluisi
Government
Local
Rule
States
Citizenship
Similar
Federal
Federal Government
Allowed
Over
Exercise
Affairs
Were
Authority
After
Spanish
Centuries
Manner
Granted
Rico
United
United States
Residents
Four
Puerto
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico has two divergent paths forward. After a reasonable transition period, it could become a state. Or it can become a sovereign nation.
Pedro Pierluisi
Become
Nation
State
Divergent
Could
Period
Sovereign
Sovereign Nation
Paths
After
Transition
Rico
Reasonable
Forward
Puerto
Puerto Rico
Two
Dick Dart emerged from the ether during a flight from New York with my wife and children to Puerto Rico.
Peter Straub
Wife
Dart
Emerged
New
York
New York
Children
Ether
Rico
Flight
Puerto
Puerto Rico
I was actually born and raised in Puerto Rico. I was born to a single mom. She was a wonderful woman, and she taught me to believe in myself, to work hard, play by the rules. She wanted me to get a good education, and she just told me that the best thing I could do is just study hard.
Raul Labrador
Work
Education
Best
Myself
Good
Mom
Me
Woman
Wonderful
Work Hard
Single
Believe
Rules
Born
Could
Study
She
Single Mom
Get
Just
Taught
Wanted
Hard
Rico
Good Education
Play
Actually
Thing
Puerto
Puerto Rico
Raised
Puerto Rico, within the span of two weeks, received two Category 4-5 hurricanes. That has never happened anywhere. The devastation has been enormous.
Ricardo Rossello
Enormous
Has-Been
Hurricanes
Weeks
Devastation
Never
Category
Within
Been
Happened
Anywhere
Span
Rico
Puerto
Received
Puerto Rico
Two
Two Weeks
I think Puerto Rico becoming a state would fulfill the destiny of 3.5 million American citizens that live in Puerto Rico.
Ricardo Rossello
Live
Think
State
Destiny
Citizens
Would
Becoming
American
American Citizens
Fulfill
Rico
Million
Puerto
Puerto Rico
Expenditures have gone rampant in Puerto Rico: lack of accountability - total lack of accountability.
Ricardo Rossello
Accountability
Gone
Rampant
Total
Lack
Expenditures
Rico
Puerto
Puerto Rico
My mother's feeling about men in general were always a bit of a mystery to me. She had difficulties in Puerto Rico with the men in her life. Her brothers abused her. It's very easy to be judgmental, but more often than not, there are mitigating circumstances, and children are not usually aware of those.
Rita Moreno
Life
Me
Mother
Men
Feeling
Difficulties
Bit
Those
Circumstances
Easy
Brothers
About
General
More
Mystery
Had
Abuse
She
Judgmental
Always
Were
Very
Than
Often
Children
Rico
Aware
Her
Puerto
Puerto Rico
I had such a great upbringing in Puerto Rico, and it was just a very normal life.
Roselyn Sanchez
Life
Great
Had
Normal
Normal Life
Very
Upbringing
Just
Rico
Puerto
Puerto Rico
The 3.5 million people in Puerto Rico are American citizens. They deserve fair and equal treatment as Americans.
Tom Perez
People
Citizens
Fair
Equal
American
American Citizens
Rico
Deserve
Million
Million People
Puerto
Puerto Rico
Treatment
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