“American women, I believe, actually the feel the same as Hispanic...” – Cristina Moreno, Spanglish ... Movie Quotes Database

Cristina Moreno

American women, I believe, actually the feel the same as Hispanic women about weight: a desire for the comfort of fullness. And when that desire is suppressed for style and deprivation allowed to rule, dieting, exercising American women become afraid of everything associated with being curvaceous: such as wantoness, lustfulness, sex, food, motherhood; all that is best in life.

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