Puerto Rico Quotes

I did not feel 'evil' when I wrote advertisements for Puerto Rico. They helped attract industry and tourists to a country which had been living on the edge of starvation for 400 years.
David Ogilvy

Evil, Country, Living

But being on location and shooting, whether its in Puerto Rico or Atlanta, it always reminds me of how really cool my job can be. Interacting with the fans is one of the best parts of it.
Dwayne Johnson

Best, Cool, Job

You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you.
Rosie Perez

May, Born, Definitely

Now that the there is a path for the people of Puerto Rico to express their self-determination on Puerto Rico's political status, there are some who seek to block that path.
Dick Thornburgh

Political, Path, Express

Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax.
Dick Thornburgh

Tax, Pay, Income

My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.
Aubrey Plaza

Kids, English, Speaking

Dick Dart emerged from the ether during a flight from New York with my wife and children to Puerto Rico.
Peter Straub

Wife, Children, York

However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by, and subject to alteration under, federal statutory law.
Dick Thornburgh

Government, Law, While

In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on the road of self-determination leading to full self-government.
Dick Thornburgh

Political, Vote, Road

Apparently tired of waiting for clear direction from Congress, the people of Puerto Rico have used the tools provided by their own local constitution to schedule a vote for Dec. 13 on the status of the island.
Dick Thornburgh

Waiting, Tired, Vote

If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as well as voting power in Congress.
Dick Thornburgh

Power, Voting, State

If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their future political status aspirations accordingly.
Dick Thornburgh

Future, Job, Political

Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law is supreme in Puerto Rico and residents do not have voting representation in the Congress.
Dick Thornburgh

Law, Voting, Congress

Federal program and services outlay in Puerto Rico is approximately $10 billion per year.
Dick Thornburgh

Year, Program, Federal

We're going to Puerto Rico, where we're gonna close. And we're so excited, we can't see straight.
Chita Rivera

Excited, Close, Straight

Over 90 percent of parents in Puerto Rico want their children to be totally fluent in English.
Luis Fortuno

Children, Parents, English

We wish to be citizens of the United States or citizens of Puerto Rico. In either case, with all the inherent rights of a natural sovereignty.
Jose de Diego

Wish, Rights, United

The most important thing is to find the balance between city and nature. I have that 'hippie quality' - my husband is a super-hippie Los Angeles boy - so we'll have to make time to go to Puerto Rico, and upstate New York, and be sure we get to do outdoorsy stuff like that.
Ana Ortiz

Nature, Time, Husband

I haven't traveled in Africa nearly as much as I'd like to. I've been there a few times, and I'd like to learn more about the various cultures in Africa. But that's the basis point of where all of the music that I love is based upon, from Africa to Cuba to Puerto Rico to South America.
Chick Corea

Love, Music, America

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

Mother, Father, Give

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