#puerto

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

— Peter Straub

#dart #during #emerged #ether #flight

Once I walked out of my house into to the Puerto Rican Day parade. It was usually a five-minute walk to work, but that day it took me a half-hour to get to 30 Rock. ↗

— Jason Sudeikis

#five-minute #get #half-hour #house #i

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

#citizens #either #inherent #natural #puerto

If the USA doesn't start learning how to put personal egos aside for the sustainability of a nation, then these "mighty" United States will be no better than the politically divided commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Where progress is slowed because each party thinks any idea from the other party must be stupid or without validity and Independence has become a distant dream squashed by corruption. I suggest politicians go back to kindergarten to learn the basics in decent humanity. The notions of sharing and respect obviously didn't stick the first time. ↗

— Cristina Marrero

#party-politics #politics #puerto-rico #dreams

I come from a pop background, but I'm also a Puerto Rican and I do feel this music. My approach to salsa is a humble one, and I defy anybody to prove that I'm faking it. ↗

— Marc Anthony

#anybody #approach #background #come #defy

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

#el salvador #father #geography #give #how

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

#authorized #congress #constitution #federal #federal law

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

— Luis Fortuno

#english #fluent #over #parents #percent

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

#act #aspirations #congress #does #empowered

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

— Dick Thornburgh

#federal #income #income tax #individuals #pay