Cruz is a surname of Iberian origin, first found in Castile (historical region), Spain. It means “cross,” either the figure or a cross of lines or ways in Spanish and Portuguese. In The Philippines the word is rendered to “krus”, but the Spanish form is used for surnames. The word "Cruz", as well as "Vera Cruz" ("True Cross") and "Santa Cruz" ("Holy Cross") are used as surnames and topological names.
Cruz refers to:
Jacob Taio Cruz (born 23 April 1983) known professionally as Taio Cruz (Portuguese: [ˈtaj.ju ˈkɾujʃ]) is an English singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional rapper, and entrepreneur. In 2008, he released his debut album Departure, which Cruz wrote, arranged and produced himself. It achieved initial success in the United Kingdom and earned him a MOBO Award nomination. In June 2010, Cruz released his follow-up album Rokstarr, which includes the number one singles "Break Your Heart" and "Dynamite". Cruz has collaborated with Kesha and Fabolous on the single "Dirty Picture", as well as Kylie Minogue and Travie McCoy on his single "Higher". Additionally, Cruz penned and recorded the song "Telling the World" as the lead single from the soundtrack to the 2011 animated film Rio.
Cruz was born in London, to a Nigerian father and a Brazilian mother called Beatriz Vitoria Olivera Bennati, from Rio de Janeiro. He attended Bilton Grange, a private prep school in Rugby, Warwickshire.
Rafael Edward Cruz, known as Ted Cruz (born December 22, 1970), is the former Solicitor General of the U.S. state of Texas, a position which he held from 2003 to May 2008. Cruz was appointed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. He was the first Hispanic Solicitor General in Texas, the youngest Solicitor General in the United States, and had the longest tenure in the post thus far in Texas history. He is currently a partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he leads the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice.
Cruz is a candidate for the 2012 Republican nomination for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison.
Cruz previously served as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice, and as Domestic Policy Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign. In addition, from 2004-2009 Cruz was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where he taught U.S. Supreme Court litigation.
Tramar Dillard (born December 16, 1979) better known by his stage name Flo Rida (pronounced /floʊ ˈraɪdə/), is an American rapper. He released his debut album, Mail on Sunday, in March 2008. His debut single "Low", featuring T-Pain, was a No. 1 hit for ten weeks in United States in early 2008. Two other singles resulted from Mail on Sunday: "Elevator" and "In the Ayer". In 2009, his second album R.O.O.T.S. was released; its most successful single "Right Round" was at the top of the Hot 100 for six weeks. Since then, he has released his third studio album titled Only One Flo (Part 1), which will see a sequel titled Wild Ones.
Arlindo Cruz (b. September 14, 1958, birth name Arlindo Domingos da Cruz Filho) is a Brazilian musician, composer and singer, working in the genre of samba and pagode. Arlindo took part in the most important formation of Grupo Fundo de Quintal, and is considered one of the most important figures of the pagode movement.
At the age of seven, Arlindo was given his first musical instrument, the cavaquinho, by his father (Arlindão), a friend and partner of Candeia with whom he had founded the Mensageiros do Samba group. From 7 to 12 years, Arlindo already played by ear, learning chord voicings from his brother Acyr Marques guitar playing. At 12, he went on to study classical guitar for 2 years on Flor do Méier institution. About that time he started working professionally as a musician, on rodas de samba with various artists, especially Candeia who he considers to be his musical godfather. With Candeia he recorded a simple compact and an LP called `Roda de Samba', playing cavaquinho.
With Jorge Aragão exiting Grupo Fundo de Quintal, Arlindo was invited to join the group, invitation which he accepted happily, dedicating himself during 12 years of success. Arlindo played the banjo cavaquinho on the group and was one of the lead voices and songwriters, along with singer/songwriter Sombrinha, who played cavaquinho and guitar.
Some of life's greatest journeys begin at the end
[first lines]::Cruz: [reading poetry] I want to get shot and die a noble death. / I want to get shot saving someone's life. / I want to get shot because getting shot hurts. / I want to get shot so that I can rest. / My body can't affort my lifestyle anymore. / I want to get shot because it's quick - and painful. / I've had a good life. Few regrets. / I just want a new scar to remind me of how lucky I am. / I know I'm going go die. But death has to find me. / And until death finds me, it's my life. / What am I gonna do today? I don't know. / As long as I don't get shot.
Cruz: And the last month months, you've - you've been - um...::Cruz-Sr.: Preparing to die? You cannot prepare for death any more than you can prepare for the arrival of a very bad fart.
[last lines]::[last lines before credits]::Roberto: [reading poetry] The place where I'm from. / Do you care? / I did not make it. / I did not pick it. / I'm not a project or system that needs fixing. / People who ask - they don't know my future. / I will tell them / where I'm from / when I get there.
[last lines]::[voice over credits]::Voice: If what you do and how you live does not feed the fire in your heart and blossom in poems or dances or art or painting or film, then you got to leave and quit and do not turn back, you got to move away from that which would mold your gift, break it, disrespect it, or kill it. You've got to guard it and nurture it and take your full-flung honorable heart and plunge it into the fire, into the stars, into the trees on a windy day, into the hearts of others' grieving sorrow, and you got to love and restore them, restore the dream by writing of its again-discovered wild beauty. I tell you, if it does not feed the fire of your creativity, then you have got to leave!
Plot
When Bruno, a down-on-his-luck single dad tries to connect with his son Brian all he gets are eye-rolls. But when his work at a supervillain corporation gets a management shuffle, and Bruno is forced to destroy his son's favorite superhero, Unbelievaboy, he must decide what his priorities really are - should he save his son's hero, quit his job and reveal his secret identity to his son?
Keywords: superhero
When you're a henchman for a super-villain, will your son think you're cool?
Plot
Just how far would you go to get financing for your business? Donald Chandler (Roy_Werner) is the owner of a restaurant who suddenly finds himself without a business or a job when his wife leaves him, taking the deed to the eatery with her. Eager to start over, Donald goes into a business partnership with Miguel Sanchez (Gerardo_Mejia), a gardener who was taking care of Donald's lawn until he won a fortune in the lottery. Miguel is willing to front Donald the money to open a new restaurant, but there's a catch -- in exchange, Donald has to marry Catalina (Laura_Elena_Harring), Miguel's beautiful but ill-tempered sister who needs an American husband in order to get a green card and stay in California. Loco Love (produced under the title Mi Casa, Su Casa was the first feature film from director Bryan_Lewis.
A Journey of Faith, Hope and Inspiration.
There are 58,183 names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The lives they touched tell their stories.
Plot
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
Keywords: 1970s, 1980s, accordion, african-american, art-competition, art-gallery, artificial-leg, artist, aryan-brotherhood, aunt-nephew-relationship
An epic story of three brothers. Bound by blood. Divided by fate. Driven by destiny.
Cruz: For 10 years, I've been star-trekking through the Twilight Zone.
Cruz: You think you used your brotherhood up like a shot of tequila?
Miklo Velka: When you expect nothing and get everything, that's destiny.
Prison Librarian: Cocaine is America's cup of coffee.
Montana: You speak Spanish huero, so do parrots.
Popeye: Hey, Cinderella, go find yourself a fella, you're on the clock bitch and midnight is coming, you got the wrong man.
Popeye: She looks a little Bowlegged to me Al.
Miklo: I may be white from the outside, but I'm brown on the inside, TO THE BONE.
Montana: What do you want?::Miklo: I thought you wanted it.::Montana: What?::Miklo: My chop.::Montana: I don't want his pork chop. [grabs apple from Milko's tray] I want his life.
Paco: You should not have done that to my brother, Cruzito, ese! Know what I mean jellybean? You wanna dance? I know a tune, that's gonna stick and cut.::[slashes spider across cheek]
I'm leavin' today
Livin' it, leavin' it to change
Slowly driftin' into a peaceful breeze
Tongue tied and twisted, are all my memories
Celebratin' a fantasy comes true
Packin' all my bags
Finally on the move
I'm leavin' today
I'm livin' it, oh I'm leavin' it to change
As I'm drivin', I'm captured by the view, ho
So much beauty, the road becomes my muse
The heat is risin', and my hand surfs through the wind
Cool, calm, collective as a child that lies within
See I'm leavin' today
I'm livin' it, oh I'm leavin' it to change
Oh yeah
See I'm leavin' today
Oh yes, I'm livin' it, oh I'm leavin' it to change
But somehow I'll miss it
I think, I'll really miss it, one day
Yea, yea, woh
Turn on the radio
And I'm feelin' like I've never felt before
Turn down the memories of yesteryears and broken dreams
I'm free, finally free
Slowly driftin' into the peaceful breeze
Ah haa
Ooh yeah
I'm leavin' today, yeah
Oh yes, I'm livin' it, leavin' it to change
(Oh yeah)
(To change yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh no, see I'm leavin' today
(Oh yes)
I'm livin' it
(Livin' it)
Leavin' it to change
(Leavin' it to change)
(Woh, woh, woh)
I'm leavin' today
(Ohh livin' it, I'm leavin' it to change)
Livin' it, leavin' it to change
(To change, yeah)
(Woh, woh, woh)
(Ohh yeah)
Livin' it, leavin' it
Said I'm livin' it, I'm leavin' it
Livin' it, leavin' it to change
(Woh, woh)
I'm leavin' it to change
But somehow I'll miss it
I think, I'll really miss it, one day
I'm leaving today
Living it, leaving it to change
Slowly drifting into a peaceful breeze
Tongue tied, twisted are all my memories
Celebrating a fantasy come true
Packing all my bags finally on the move
I'm leaving today
I'm living it, leaving it to change
As I'm driving I'm captured by the view
Of so much beauty, the road becomes my muse
The heat is rising and my head soars through the wind
Cool, calm, collective is a child that lost a thing
I'm leaving today
I'm living it, I'm leaving it to change
I'm leaving today
I'm living it, I'm leaving it to change
But somehow I'm missing
I think I really miss it
Don't walk away
And I'm feeling like I've never felt before
Turn down the memories of yesteryears and broken dreams
I'm free, finally free
Slowly drifting into a peaceful breeze
I'm leaving today
I'm living it, leaving it to change
See I'm leaving today
I'm living it, I'm leaving it to change
I'm leaving today (I'm leaving it to change)
Living it, I'm leaving it to change
Living it, leaving it
Said I'm living it, leaving it
Living it, leaving it to change
(I'm leaving it to change)
But somehow I miss it
I think I really miss it
One day
Yo...
Got a
Drink in my cup
Select it with my tunes, I'm
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my crew
Oh, you say you got a friend?
Well you can bring her too
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my crew
Come inside my house
Bro, you gotta lose the shoes
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my crew
Rhymes on my mind
Hungry as a fool
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my crew
Yeah, uh...
Now you can hear it in the breeze
When I'm leaving overseas, and
It's 93 degrees, speaking brown-people-eese
But I gotta ease up out of Honolulu for a few
To keep it popping like Honozulu shooting the scene
But never greasy with the people
On the island I see
I see the stars falling into the sea
Pull her closer to you, Bro,
She told me never let her go
Until the moment
Reach the ceiling
That's the feeling I need
Yo, breathing in...
And they came to get away
But we came to get it in
When they calling this a day
That's when the day for us begins
The people turning up they stereo
Then playing me again
Once again, breathing in...
And they came to get away
But we came to get it in
When they calling this a day
That's when the day for us begins
The people turning up they stereo
Then playing me again
Once again
Drink in my cup
Select it with my tunes, I'm
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my crew
Oh, you say you got a friend?
Well you can bring her too
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my crew
Got my Food Land card
Man I'm buying me some food
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my crew
Fuckin' with the kind
That's what I'm a do
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my crew
Yeah, uh...
And when I'm cruising with my crew
I'm trying to get to meets
We riding on the two
I'm bumping Saba beats
Born in killer California bro
Son of a beach, and arm's reach
From the motherland over the sea
I'm calling Aaron and Jake
What's up to Carol and Kate
Some people call it the eight
But it's a sovereign state
I heard that Ward is the place
They try to cancel our performance
But the Scholars keep it pouring
Believe
Whoa, I'm breathing in...
And they came to get away
But we came to get it in
When they calling this a day
That's when the day for us begins
The people turning up they stereo
Then playing me again
Once again, breathing in...
And they came to get away
But we came to get it in
When they calling this a day
That's when the day for us begins
The people turning up they stereo
Then playing me again
Once again
Drink in my cup
Select it with my tunes, I'm
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my crew
Oh, you say you got a friend?
Well you can bring her too
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my crew
Come inside my house
Bro, you gotta lose the shoes
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my crew
Driving with my feet
"Yabba dabba doo"
Cruisin' with my
Cruisin' with my