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Sammy Davis, Jr

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[Wikipedia] Samuel George Davis Jr. was an American singer, actor, comedian and dancer. Known as "Mr. Entertainment" and "Mister Show Business", Davis was regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century and as a black entertainer, he helped to break racial barriers in several venues, includ

Quotes by Sammy Davis, Jr

After I decided to become a Jew, only then did I learn that the Jews don't have all the money. When I…

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Decided

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Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

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Alcohol

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I don't have many easy songs.

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Easy

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My home has always been show business.

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Business

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Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

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Doe

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There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.

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Broadway

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Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned in to everyone around us.

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Children

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"The Entertainer" He did it all.

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Entertainers

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Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All that wildness, all those laughs were like…

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Found

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During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me.

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Decades

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There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time.

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Atmosphere

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Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.

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Mental health

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I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't…

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Frank

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Once I get outside my house in the morning, I'm on.

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Home

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I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big,…

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All things

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The only person I ever hurt was myself and even that I did to the minimum. If you can do that and…

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Can do

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I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money.

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Car

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Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that…

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Creatures

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There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of…

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Belly

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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.

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President

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Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.

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Debt

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In terms of addiction, there is nothing more powerful than men's toys.

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Addiction

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If you want to be the best, baby, you've got to work harder than anybody else.

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Baby

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I had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was 4.

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America

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The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh…

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Air

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