Quotes from Desi Arnaz


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    Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.

    Drinking | Needs | Pressures


    The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange.

    Army | Strange


    One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes.

    Problems | Comedy | Jokes


    I went to high school with Al Capone.

    High | Al | Capone


    I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat.

    Learned


    Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.

    Career | Helping | Accent


    At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.

    Comedy | Neither | Criticized


    A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.

    Motivation | Single | Audience


    When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us.

    Nobody | Married | Odds


    The thing I remember about New York was how little I felt. I arrived with one small bag and $15.

    Small | Remember | Bag


    The success of I Love Lucy is something that happens only once in a lifetime, if you are fortunate enough to have it happen at all.

    Love | Success | Happen


    My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers in Latin America.

    Fast | Temper | Hear


    Motion-picture studio floors used to be all wooden and not smooth at all. This was difficult when moving a camera around on a dolly.

    Moving | Camera | Difficult


    I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.

    Father | Survival | Miami


    Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.

    Good | Road | Easy


    Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived.

    Greatest | Lived | Al


    An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.

    Good | Drama | Comedy


    American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is.

    Great | Laugh | Ability


    Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do.

    Whatever | Worked


    Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.

    Senate | McCarthy | Hearings


       

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