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Sammy Davis, Jr. Quotes

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

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: entertainer
Nationality: american
Birth: December 8, 1925 - May 16, 1990

Topics

Live Me House Hollywood Grandmother

In London, I did feel a pressure to be more avant-garde than I wanted.

Pressure Feel London More Than Did

Typically, actors overplay jargon or toss it away in an extravagant display of casualness. Real people hit the important parts hard.

People Important Hard Real Away Hit

Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes.

Maynard James Keenan

Archetypes Global Religious Most

Every time I watch a performance, I'm disgusted with how I've skated. It's very hurtful for me.

Time Me Performance Watch Hurtful

You don't often get a choice in who your enemies are, who you're friends with, what your situation is, and the environment you're placed in. You just have to make do with what you have.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

Friends Environment You Choice Get

The major wars that the U.S. became involved in are all ethically defensible.

Involved Wars Major Became Ethically

I always want to make sure I'm telling a story about people that I care about.

People Story Care Want Always Sure

For a while I was living in New Orleans for like 4, 5 years. I had just come back to town.

Back New Living New Orleans Years

What the church is really concerned about is what endures.

Church Concerned About Really

But first I want to get my master's degree at Columbia's School of International Public Affairs.

School Want First Master Degree Get

I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more.

Responsibility Government Believe

I know my strong points: I work hard, I have talent, I'm funny, and I'm a good person.

Work Funny Good Talent Work Hard

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