Sammy Davis, Jr. Quotes
To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired.
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My dad and I would watch Ray Lewis a lot. His tenacity, and he was everywhere. I wanted that mindset, too.
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I've never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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I suppose I am one of life's naturally clumsy people; I don't drop stuff all the time, or break things, but I'm just generally a bit flustered.
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The primary problem in many modernizing societies is not liberty but the creation of a legitimate public order. Men may, of course, have order without liberty, but they cannot have liberty without order.
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We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.
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I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
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Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
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I see that it is impossible to remember a long poem without practice and repetition; so is forgetfulness of the words of instruction engendered in the heart that has ceased to value them.
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I have three brothers, and they'd torture me if I ever told them I liked a boy.
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I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
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I have always hated slavery, I think, as much as any abolitionist. I have been an Old Line Whig. I have always hated it, but I have always been quiet about it until this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska Bill began.
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In the final analysis, terror is also another proof of the fact that the superpower is not really a superpower. It was vulnerable.
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As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.
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I couldn't do any of my other characters, you know? But I could have done the lady. Church Lady's Malibu Beach party is an idea I have for a movie, too. Yes.
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One of my dreams is to walk down the runway during Fashion Week!
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A man must be prepared to face life, as well as death, there's no escape from either.
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I'm so grateful that anyone has connected with my songs, let alone millions of people.
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Know that even when you want to give up or throw in the towel, in the end it will all be worth the hard work.
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Bob Rubin was opposed to signing the welfare bill. He's not exactly what I call a flaming liberal.
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I'm a Midwestern girl, born and bred. It's harder for some of us to write about things closer to home. It's not so much a fear of telling the truth but wanting to do it justice.
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To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.
