Sammy Davis, Jr. Quotes
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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And after I compose my programs, but it is very easy because I look to the music in a very natural way without fuss, and so I look always music, in my home, like books and books and books, choose books and you read the pages, so I do this with music, and I make programs.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I love writing songs.
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Shallow communities are relatively easy to build.
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I tend to name albums after one of the songs.
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I'm a jeans fanatic. It's ridiculous how many jeans I have.
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I never sue journalists. I employ journalists. I employ too many of them. I don't sue journalists.
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A lot of the reason my look is the way it is, is because it's really easy to put on a sundress every night if I have to perform - or just wear jeans every day and a flannel or something.
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One would think that it would be very easy, with an iconic character like James Bond, to keep making the films, but it hasn't been. But, it sure has been entertaining and rewarding.
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Creativity may be hard to nurture, but it's easy to thwart.
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To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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It's tough to write beautifully about ugly things, but Mitchell S. Jackson makes it look easy.
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Why is it there are so many more horses' asses than there are horses?
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I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up.
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I'm very laid back, easy. There's nothing better in life than seeing your kids do well.
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In the not so distant past, we were close enough to our community to physically see how our actions impacted the group overall. Now it's just too easy to look the other way, or turn off the TV or computer and detach ourselves from the others.
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If I've learned anything in my career, it's that nothing worthwhile in life comes easy. That's just the way it is.
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My favorite book in life is 'A Wrinkle In Time,' which I read before high school. It was my first introduction into the meeting of science and spirit and the universe and big thoughts and all of those interesting New Age-y concepts. It made everything make sense to me and opened up my mind.
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Music has always been a huge passion in my life. I've just had such success with my acting that it's really been right alongside of it, and I've always been writing and playing and singing.
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A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
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There may be a hundred stances and sword positions, but you win with just one.
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I've got some other great teammates like Dallas Robinson and Johnny Quinn on the men's side who have been tremendous at showing Christ's love. It's not just the US teams, but there are also many believers from the international community including several from the Canadian team. We hope to grow Christianity throughout our sport.
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I don't have many easy songs.
