American - Entertainer | December 8, 1925 - May 16, 1990
To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
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What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.
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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
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Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.
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The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked to grow old with.
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A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.
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I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.
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I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money.
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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.
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I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me.
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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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Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food.
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