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Esmeralda Santiago

Esmeralda Santiago (born May 17, 1948) is a Puerto Rican author and former actress known for her novels and memoirs.

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I learned you pay for your happiness. That's why I don't expect to be happy all the time. I'd rather be surprised by one moment every so often to remind me that joy is possible, even if I have to pay for it later.

Joy, Moments, Pay, Possible, Remind, Time

if you don't exist in the arts of a culture, you're invisible. The arts are what express the soul of who we are and that expresses our humanity.

Art, Culture, Humanity, Invisible, Soul

How can you know what you're capable of if you don't embrace the unkown?

Change, Embrace, Know, Motivational, Unkown

We're always going to have prejudices. . . I don't think we can change society. You can only change individual by individual. And you can change yourself.

Individual, Prejudice, Society, Think, Thinking

People think [immigration] is only about the dollar, but it's so much more complex. This is a place where you can reinvent yourself. I don't know that you can do that anywhere else.

Immigration, People, Place, Reinvent, Think, Thinking

What doesn't kill you, makes you fat.

Fat, Inspirational Tattoo, Kill, Stronger, Trust No One

For me, the person I was becoming when we left was erased, and another one was created.

Becoming, Created, Erased, Left, Persons

In the twenty-one years I lived with my mother, we moved at least twenty times.

Lived, Mother, Moved, Twenties, Twenty, Years

Another train will come. Why rush? Why worry? Why go crazy? Another train will come. And sure enough, another train going my way was pulling into the station. My bad mood evaporated. I entered the car smiling, certain that there would be more missed trains in my life, more closed doors in my face, but there would always be another train rumbling down the tracks in my direction.

Car, Crazy, Doors, Evaporated, Face, Station

Tell me who you walk with, and I'll tell you who you are.

Best Love, Famous Love, Romantic, Tell, Walk