Sammy Davis, Jr. Quotes - Page 2

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

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Money, Clothes, Space

  "Sammy Davis Jr.'s Rolls Royce Hitting the Auction Block", www.foxnews.com. August 10, 2011.

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• May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the prison of my skin.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Beautiful, Skins, May

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• I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Music, Stars, Men

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• Sinatra is the essence of vocal style. This man has an innate quality of knowing what is good musically. You can sum that up best by saying that he has musical integrity. Even when he does a bad song, there's a good quality in the presentation.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Song, Integrity, Men

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• We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Kings, Would Be, Answers

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

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Stars, Dollars, Debt

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• I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Grandmother, Hollywood Hills, House

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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 ever lived.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Sweetest, Creatures, Items

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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 show for my wedding.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Wedding, Vegas, Offering

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• Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Luxury, Soul, Room Service

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• I didn't hate being 60 as much as I had 50.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Hate

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• My home has always been show business.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Home, Shows, Show Business

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• I have a respect for Elvis and my friendship. It ain't my business what he did in private. The only thing I want to know is, 'Was he my friend?', 'Did I enjoy him as a performer?', 'Did he give the world of entertainment something?' - and the answer is YES on all accounts. The other jazz just don't matter.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Giving, World, Want

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• Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Men, Color, Blind

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• I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Fathers Day, Father Son, Special

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• You don’t swing where you sleep.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Sleep, Swings

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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 the shining silver and gold paper on packages, but there was nothing inside.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Laughing, Shining, Gold

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

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Morning, House

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

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Powerful, Men, Addiction

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• I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking a break from clubs was to be missed-not forgotten.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Taking A Break, Fading, Clubs

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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 approach to it. Drop it.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Air, Sound, Done

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• I've done some things I wish I could erase. . . . I invented mistakes. But the mistakes must be seen in context, and they must be weighed along with the positives.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Mistake, Wish, Done

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• Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Guy, Lips, Fame

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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 you're still functioning, you're the luckiest person in the world.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Hurt, Pain, World

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you lose a lover it's like getting a bad haircut. It grows back in time.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Shaving, Lovers, Grows

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