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This reads as a choice about trade-offs, where career ambition gives way to closeness with family. It can be taken to mean that some opportunities cost too much time at home, and it lands in any moment when a big professional offer collides with being present for loved ones.
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About Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer
Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer whose career has spanned eight decades. She is known for her work on stage and screen, and is among the last surviving stars from Hollywood’s Golden Age. She is one of the few performers to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony, known as an EGOT, and she has also earned the Triple Crown of Acting. Her honors include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Arts, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, the Kennedy Center Honor, and a Peabody Award.
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