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Spanish was my first language. Honestly, I learned to first speak in Spanish, not English, because my poor mother had to go to San Diego every day to work and then come back. And she would come home when I was an infant long after I was asleep.
Luis Alberto Urrea
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"Spanish was my first language. Honestly, I learned to first speak in Spanish, not English, because my poor mother had to go to San Diego every day to work and then come back. And she would come home when I was an infant long after I was asleep."
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Spanish was my first language. Honestly, I learned to first speak in Spanish, not English, because my poor mother had to go to San Diego every day to work and then come back. And she would come home when I was an infant long after I was asleep. — Luis Alberto Urrea

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Luis Alberto Urrea was a Poet from Mexico (1955–present).

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This quote is attributed to Luis Alberto Urrea, a Poet from Mexico.
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Luis Alberto Urrea lived from 1955 – present.
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