"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."

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"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."

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

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

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

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"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."

"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."

"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

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"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."

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