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"She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister."

"My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch. But then again, he was a Gemini. I believe in that stuff."

"My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong."

"But I like to be thought of as a good father and a good husband."

"As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted."
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"In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and no one can explain why women are affected most often from the waist down."

"Of the many guests we welcomed to the Mickey Mouse Club, my absolute favorites were the Lennon Sisters."

"Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame."

"Then, as now, the Disney studio buzzed with activity. You had a strong impression of being at the center of something very exciting."

"When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change."

"The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters."

"Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After years of listening to radio, we found the black-and-white images mesmerizing."
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