quotes about Puerto Rico
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Federal program and services outlay in Puerto Rico is approximately $10 billion per year.
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They (the people of Puerto Rico) are truly the sweetest people on earth.
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Puerto Rico lacks resources, but that's not the fault of the U.S.
-- Francisco RodriguezSource : Source: www.npr.org
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The one key difference is that Puerto Rico is a colonial territory. We don't have representation. We have a difficult time getting funding from the federal government. This is critical component that we need to change.
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There's one last thing we need to point out. And it is a fact that Puerto Rico is a colonial territory of the United States. This puts us in a very significant disadvantage to all of the other states and to all of the other American citizens. As a matter of comparative, the U.S. citizens, the Puerto Ricans that live in the United States have much better incomes, more than twice as much, participate in the labor force of greater scales, have better results in the education system and so forth.
-- Ricky Rossello -
Puerto Rico is not a full part of the United States. We're a territory or a colonial territory.
-- Ricky Rossello -
I had such a great upbringing in Puerto Rico, and it was just a very normal life.
-- Roselyn SanchezSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you.
-- Rosie PerezSource : "Rosie Perez' U.S.-Puerto Rico Documentary". Interview with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. April 27, 2006.
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“When we root-root-root for the home team, we're rooting for our home as much as the team.”
Source : Richard Roeper (2007). “Sox and the City: A Fan's Love Affair with the White Sox from the Heartbreak of '67 to the Wizards of Oz”, p.196, Chicago Review Press
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“Christianity is the complete negation of common sense and sound reason.”
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“Don't talk. Kill it." That might be the sweetest thing a woman's ever said to me on a first date.”
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Source : Interview with Paul Eide, www.askmen.com. February 27, 2016.
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“Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me.”
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“I value those artists who embody the expression of their life.”