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> [Mother never said to me, 'Stay out of trouble.' She didn't have to!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chita-rivera/mother-never-said-to-me-stay-out-of-trouble-she-didn-t-have-to/)

[Chita Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chita-rivera/)

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## More by Chita Rivera

> [I really never felt any tremendous aggravation or separation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chita-rivera/i-really-never-felt-any-tremendous-aggravation-or-separation/)

[Chita Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chita-rivera/)

> [I'm an old-fashioned girl.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chita-rivera/i-m-an-old-fashioned-girl/)

[Chita Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chita-rivera/)

> [For some of us, the Gypsy years can go on forever ... That isn't such a bad thing. When all is said and done,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chita-rivera/for-some-of-us-the-gypsy-years-can-go-on-forever-that-isn-t-such-a/)

[Chita Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chita-rivera/)

> [I never feel as though I'm ever, ever alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chita-rivera/i-never-feel-as-though-i-m-ever-ever-alone/)

[Chita Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chita-rivera/)

> [You get the best out of people by allowing them to do their best work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chita-rivera/you-get-the-best-out-of-people-by-allowing-them-to-do-their-best-work/)

[Chita Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chita-rivera/)

> [Beauty is not everything!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chita-rivera/beauty-is-not-everything/)

[Chita Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chita-rivera/)

> [It's important that the kids stay busy. It's important that they have something to focus on, and something that they feel good about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chita-rivera/it-s-important-that-the-kids-stay-busy-it-s-important-that-they-have/)

[Chita Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chita-rivera/)

> [The spirit of dance is an amazing thing. When the body and the spirit meet, it's a good thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chita-rivera/the-spirit-of-dance-is-an-amazing-thing-when-the-body-and-the-spirit/)

[Chita Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chita-rivera/)

> [I love life. I love the live theater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chita-rivera/i-love-life-i-love-the-live-theater/)

[Chita Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chita-rivera/)

> [I'm very competitive. I do like to win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chita-rivera/i-m-very-competitive-i-do-like-to-win/)

[Chita Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chita-rivera/)

> [I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chita-rivera/i-was-busy-welcoming-a-new-experience-i-had-never-done-a-movie-before/)

[Chita Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chita-rivera/)

> [Redheads have a lightness, a craziness, a kookiness. Think of Lucille Ball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chita-rivera/redheads-have-a-lightness-a-craziness-a-kookiness-think-of-lucille/)

[Chita Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chita-rivera/)

> [I was from Washington, D.C., and then I came to New York and got the scholarship for the ballet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chita-rivera/i-was-from-washington-d-c-and-then-i-came-to-new-york-and-got-the/)

[Chita Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chita-rivera/)

> [Mother loved dance so much that she thought (ballerina) Margot Fonteyn should be the president.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chita-rivera/mother-loved-dance-so-much-that-she-thought-ballerina-margot-fonteyn/)

[Chita Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chita-rivera/)

> [I just broke up all the furniture in the house. My mother had to get rid of me. So she put me in dance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chita-rivera/i-just-broke-up-all-the-furniture-in-the-house-my-mother-had-to-get/)

[Chita Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chita-rivera/)

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