Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (Desi Arnaz) Quotes
I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.
 
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	My father had a lot of allergies, and he just didn't like the cold of Chicago, and his father - his parents had broken up when he was young, and his father had lived in Pasadena for a while, and he kind of fell in love with Southern California.   
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	I grew up in North Carolina. My father was a salesperson; he sold textiles.   
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	I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father - and later trainers. My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I'd forget about my other pieces. Garry Kasparov
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	When I was born, my father was a copper miner in Butte, Montana. It was a hard-core, blue-collar situation.   
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	My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that, for me, his music has been a way for me to get to know him better.   
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	Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and when you're a kid, you don't realize that. The man was tired. He was tired.   
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	I never hated my father. I would have named my child Usher regardless. I never hated myself because I carried his name, because I made it mean what I wanted it to mean.   
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	We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated from the Divine Nature; for that which is foreign by nature does not share in the same honors.   
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	I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.   
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	I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.   
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	If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.   
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	I am a daughter. My father is an example for me.   
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	Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been surrounded by it.   
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	I have a very successful father-in-law and family with very different political views.   
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	I am truly multi-racial. I never knew my biological father. I've always had less information than I would have liked to have had. All I know from my mother is that I have connections to many different cultures.   
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	To pray is to have a conversation with Deity. This sacred and supernal communication with Heavenly Father is a divine and delicate process. This crucial communication should be conducted with great care and in compliance with sacred counsel.   
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	I guess the most seminal moment going early way back was my father died when I was 3 years old. I was raised by my grandparents, and my mother went back and got a degree.   
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	My father, who was jailed for stealing on more than one occasion, just abandoned his fatherly responsibilities and disappeared. I grew up working from the time I was nine years of age. Money was a big issue everywhere I lived.   
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	I don't consult anyone - not my mother, not my father, anyone - about my work. And I must add that neither Dad nor Mom interfere in my work.   
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	My father used to get me to read the newspaper to him, as if I was a radio. I would stand there and read the 'Times.'   
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	My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses, you know, singing folk music and then, later, singing songs that I started to write myself, I felt more than an affinity for it. I felt a calling.   
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	Pride is not the worst of sins. In fact, it's one of the most interesting ones.   
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	We all have a great time. And then I go to bed, get up and do it all over again. I like my life.   
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	I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					