Lupe Velez Quotes

#1. I know how Lupe Velez felt. You fight just so long and then you begin to worry about being washed up. You fear there's one way to go and that's down.

Carole Landis

#2. Joe Louis was one of my closest friends ... I'm a great boxing fan. I used to go to the American Legion Stadium in Hollywood, every Friday night for 15 years. Down the aisle would come Lupe Velez, Johnny Weismuller, Mae West. All at ringside.

Mickey Rooney

#3. To Harald, may God forgive you and forgive me, too, but I prefer to take my life away and our baby's before I bring him with shame or killing him, Lupe. [Suicide note.]

Lupe Velez

#4. The rule was "no autopsy, no foul".

Stewart Granger

#5. Dancing is my number one love. That was my first goal as a child. I would love to do stage, maybe do Chicago. I love being in front of an audience. It's so stimulating. I also love to barbecue.

Carmen Electra

#6. 'La Lupe' is my passion project. I've done it as a one-woman show, but I'm raising money to turn it into a film. It's a story of a Cuban singer who became the Queen of Latin Soul, the first woman on the N.Y. salsa scene.

Lauren Velez

#7. In a church, I am a saint. In a public place, I am a lady. In my own home, I am a devil ... My house is where I can do as I please, scream and yell and dance and fall on the floor if I like. I am myself when I am in my home.

Lupe Velez

#8. The task of understanding the past is neverending.

Susanna Moore

#9. A fly and a flea in a flue (3 beats)
Were imprisoned, so what could they do? (3 beats)
Said the fly, "Let us flee!" (2 beats)
"Let us fly!" said the flea, (2 beats)
So they fled through a flaw in the flue. (3 beats)

Trudi Hammel Garland

#10. It was her only real secret, so it was a pity it wasn't juicier.

Liane Moriarty

#11. After 'Dexter' and 'La Lupe', I would love to return to theater. I'm just ready for more.

Lauren Velez

#12. There is more to be learned at the foot of the Cross than anywhere else in the world.

J.C. Ryle

#13. As you know, several times, McCain talked about serving his country in Vietnam, which is a nice change after 16 years and two presidents who could never quite explain how they got out of serving their country in Vietnam.

Jay Leno

#14. My hope is that when someone has that call to action, they realize that everybody can do something, even if that's just changing their own thinking. Women have to change the way they think, too. Not just men.

Melanne Verveer