Latina Women Quotes:

Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.

- Sonia Sotomayor

source: "A Latina Judge's Voice" by Sonia Sotomayor, www.nytimes.com. 2001.

topic: Judging, Facts, Latina Women, Personal Experiences

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

- Sonia Sotomayor

topic: Wise, Women, Glowing, Latina Women, Latin Women

Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman.' Wouldn't they have to withdraw? New racism is no better than old racism.

- Newt Gingrich

source: FaceBook post by Newt Gingrich from May 27, 2009

topic: Men, White, Racism, Latina Women

People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.

- Zoe Saldana

topic: Women, Latin, Thinking, Latina Women, Latin Women

I happen to think Latinas, Latin women, are the most beautiful women in the world. So that's what I'm going to draw. I love women from all cultures, of course, but if I was going to deal with any of them, that would be No. 1 for me.

- Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero

source: Martin Cruz Smith (2013). “Rose”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

topic: Beautiful, Latin, Thinking, Latina Women, Most Beautiful Woman In The World

I don't want to play only Latin women. I want to have roles in English.

- Paz Vega

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Latin, Play, Roles, Latina Women, Latin Women

I love Latin women, yet for some reason I always wind up with blondes.

- Chris Kirkpatrick

topic: Latin, Wind, Reason, Latina Women, Latin Women

The most beautiful women in the world were African.

- Martin Cruz Smith

topic: Beautiful, Beautiful Women, World, Latina Women, Most Beautiful Woman In The World

My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage.

- Sonia Sotomayor

source: "White House: Sotomayor Says She Chose Words Poorly in 2001 Remarks". www.foxnews.com. May 29, 2009.

topic: Differences, Judging, Heritage, Latina Women

I want to steer away from the stereotypes that Latina women are categorized in. I feel like there are so many more opportunities for us. I like going out for those roles that says open ethnicity.

- Emily Rios

topic: Opportunity, Ethnicity, Want, Latina Women

Evidence tells that black and Latina woman are more accepting of curves, and that's a good thing.

- Lori Lansens

source: Source: www.elle.com

topic: Curves, Black, Latina, Latina Women

Halloween is the only day I can dress up like a hot Latina woman with a beer belly.

- Felipe Esparza

topic: Halloween, Beer, Hot, Latina Women

I come from a long line of tellers: mesemondok, old Hungarian women who tell while sitting on wooden chairs with their plastic pocketbooks on their laps, their knees apart, their skirts touching the ground... and cuentistas, old Latina women who stand, robust of breast, hips wide, and cry out the story ranchera style. Both clans storytell in the plain voice of women who have lived blood and babies, bread and bones. For them, story is a medicine which strengthens and arights the individual and the community.

- Clarissa Pinkola Estes

topic: Baby, Blood, Voice, Hungarians, Latina Women

White man racist nominee would be forced to withdraw. Latina woman racist should also withdraw.

- Newt Gingrich

source: Интервью с Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. June 5, 2009.

topic: Men, White Man, Racist, Latina Women

Latina women are proud to be called Mrs. That simply means that we have a family.

- Clarissa Pinkola Estes

topic: Mean, Proud, Latina, Latina Women