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Sammy Davis, Jr.
Age: 64 †
Born: 1925
Born: December 8
Died: 1990
Died: May 16
Actor
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New York City
New York
Samuel George Davis Jr.
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To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.
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The Entertainer He did it all.
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A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.
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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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My talent was the weapon, the power, the way for me to fight. It was the one way I might hope to affect a man's thinking.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him.
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In terms of addiction, there is nothing more powerful than men's toys.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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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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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.
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You can be in this business 50 years and still not know anything about it.
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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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Once I get outside my house in the morning, I'm on.
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The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
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On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Elvis eleven.
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You don’t swing where you sleep.
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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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Tap dancing all started with the old clog waltz.
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You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my way. But that line, I'm afraid, belongs to someone else.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Savor the moments that are warm and special and giggly.
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