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

Desi Arnaz

Career

Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.

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

Desi Arnaz

Road

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.

I had started calling her Lucy shortly after we met; I didn't like the name Lucille. That's how our television show was called I Love Lucy, not Lucille.

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

Desi Arnaz

Army

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.

Desi Arnaz

Love

Success

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

Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes.

Desi Arnaz

Mistakes

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

Lucy and I would love furiously and fight furiously.

Desi Arnaz

Love

Fight

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

Desi Arnaz

Senate

I went to high school with Al Capone.

Desi Arnaz

School

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

Desi Arnaz

Country

Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.

Desi Arnaz

Drinking

Needs