Burro Genius (2004) (edit title/settings)

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• Victor Villasenor: the self-described "burro genius" himself. the idiot-savant. the star of his own personal autobiography. boy can he remember details from his childhood. he is also a great storyteller

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• “"My dog Shep is the smartest human I know"”

  Victor Villasenor

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• The beginning of all wisdom is to understand that you don’t know. To know is the enemy of all learning. To be sure is the enemy of all wisdom.

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• “A man can never be too generous,” said our dad, “when he’s generous to a good, hardworking honest hombre, because that man will then break his back to do all he can for you. But…you be generous to a relative or a lazy, no-good worker, and they then think you’re a fool, lose respect for you, and start thinking you owe them something, especially always-looking-for-a-shortcut people.”

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• Women were the foundation of any home or tribe or nation, my dad always told me,

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• “Papa always explained to me that there is no such thing as a kids’ game. That there are only games with which kids are learning the facts of life, but it’s the parents that are so tapados—so blind and constipated that they can’t see what these games are really all about.

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• No, my dad had well explained to me that a real man didn’t get offended if other men ridiculed him for staying close to the women of his familia. That a real hombre was proud of being close and loving with the women of his life.

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• It’s always with our wife, our best friends, and our relatives that we end up having most of our troubles in life, mijito.

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• “Always remember,” added my dad, “dime con quién andas y te diré quien eres.” Tell me who you walk with and I’ll tell you who you are.

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• School became a living hell, and at home I no longer wanted to listen to my father’s stories around the dinner table about how great we, los Mexicanos, were. My dad was a STUPID FOOL! He had no idea what the HELL HE WAS TALKING ABOUT!

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• Your trade is as old as time, and your main job is to uplift the human heart so that then we can go on with dignity and fair play. That’s it.”

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• Technique, we found out, comes later. Fun and excitement come first, then people learn a hundred times faster.

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• Carlsbad Ca: Victor grew up on a large ranch in the beautiful countryside just outside of Carlsbad, California
• South Oceanside
• Heaven
• Mexico
• Salvador
• California Street
• Texas
• Los Angeles
• Long Beach
• Arizona
• San Diego
• Colorado
• Montana
• La Jolla
• Southern California
• Hill Street
• United States
• Los Altos De Jalisco
• Hollywood

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1. Victor E. Villasenor (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.54

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• Books › Biographies & Memoirs