Sammy Davis, Jr. Quotes

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

Sammy Davis, Jr.

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FearWisdomCommitmentChoicesYou

I'd go fishing and always pretend I would catch the biggest fish. I'd stay out there for hours after everybody else left until I caught something. When I shot baskets, I was always the coach and star player and always made the winning shot.

Jerry West

FishingWinningFishGoCoachOut

And so I think that if the person has the funds, the network, and the equipment to do this, and also the experience, which is the key factor, then they can be quite deadly.

John Abizaid

ExperienceThinkKeyPersonI Think

I don't like to bad-mouth other shows, but I was very disturbed after seeing 'Starlight Express.' It had very little to do with musical comedy as I know it. It had to do with sound and spectacle and records and technology and amplification.

Joel Grey

TechnologyComedySeeingKnowSound

I'm not deeply ideologically driven. I believe in good center-right politics.

John Key

GoodPoliticsBelieveI Believe

There's a reason screens are only this thick.

John Malkovich

ReasonOnlyScreensThick

There is no consolation for anyone in the Scott Peterson story, and no final illumination.

Robert Gottlieb

StoryFinalIlluminationAnyone

Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God.

Soren Kierkegaard

LifeLoveGodMomentPrayerLong

I try to stay in good physical shape, I don't smoke, I don't drink.

Mickey Spillane

GoodSmokeTryDrinkShapeStay

But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director.

Michel Hazanavicius

MyselfThinkDirectorJustForeigner

I don't like Miami that much. I don't like the weather. My base is Miami, but I travel a lot.

Juan Pablo Galavis

DaughterMeYouGoWantPlans

I think relationships are broken up because of the media.

Jay-Z

BrokenThinkMediaRelationshipsUp

The thing is, if you make best-sellerdom your goal, you're going to be in trouble. It's a very nice thing to have happen, but if one makes that a goal like, say, a literary writer has the goal of getting the Pulitzer Prize, that's so unpredictable.

Diane Mott Davidson

YouGoalTroubleNiceSayHappen

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