Sammy Davis, Jr. Quotes
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I don't drink at lunchtime because I'm very weak at alcohol like most Asians.
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A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.
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The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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The very important thing you should have is patience.
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I don't have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies.
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For believers, both privilege and privation are a trial, and both demand responses: one demands service, and the other demands patience. The greatest privilege is to live well in flourishing lands; the greatest privation is to live in the midst of war, especially civil war.
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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12.
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I don't believe in alcohol. It's a sort of a medicinal necessity for the human condition, none of that stuff. I'm not a gambling man.
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I had the taste of the alcohol since I was 11. It allowed me to be clever, charming and to behave outrageously. Acting also allowed me not to be me. So I could indulge every fantasy in this paradise of America.
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I will exercise patience and will provide all facts to the general public.
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Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!
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I try to do things that make me feel good. I go to yoga classes, drink a lot of water, eat healthily and keep things like alcohol and coffee to weekends. I don't overdo anything.
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I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise.
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When you are starting to run an online business, you need to narrow down a niche market and be able to stick with it until you have a good profit coming in. This can take a while, so you need to have a great deal of patience to make sure that your business is moving in the right direction.
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There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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Over a period of about year-and-a-half, Malcolm X and [Alex] Haley agreed to work with each other. They met usually after a long business day that Malcolm put in very tired. He would get there at about - either at Haley's apartment or they would meet at then Idyllwild Airport at a hotel, and Malcolm would be debriefed by Haley. He would talk, Haley would take notes.
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Even if we love someone very much, at times it happens that we forget about it.
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There is not so contemptible a plant or animal that does not confound the most enlarged understanding.
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If you gonna challenge my ways, know my history. Don't put nobody in my face that don't know about me, or they here to write an article on someone they thought was hot when they was hot. Come on, man. I been hot.
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There are all kinds of under-represented groups in the literary establishment.
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Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.
