Sammy Davis, Jr. Quotes
I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.
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Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.
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Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things.
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A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
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I decided to be heterosexual because I felt like that's the life God intended me to live.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing.
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When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.
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I was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy.
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The stigma that was once attached to things society deemed unhealthy served the purpose of making them undesirable. With the stigma gone, many people see little reason not to do whatever feels good at the moment.
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'Srimanthudu' was very important for me and my career at that time, so I was tensed. But for 'Brahmotsavam,' honestly speaking, I am more excited because of its content. I have attempted something new, and I am keen to see how the audience receives it.
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I've done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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I would like every Jew to be as comfortable in his skin as I am in mine.
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I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
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Would you be free from the condemnation of the sins that are past, from the power of the temptations that are to come? Then take your stand on the Rock of Ages. Let death, let the grave, let the judgment come, the victory is Christ's and yours through Him.
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Every book is a great action and every great action is a book!
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My activities have never had anything to do with the idea of becoming famous or achieving success. I have always been concerned with getting people to listen to me. In everything I do ... my aim is to make people listen. I want to communicate the things that I love and in which I believe, because I think that people can derive a general benefit from them. What I really want is success in a philosophical sense: I want people to grasp something of the ideas and hopes which I express in painting.
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In India an explanation is often more confusing than what prompted it.
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There's still value in a CD, even if it's just nostalgic. People are still willing to pay. But it can't compare to a digital-only release where you can control the exact time that it'll come out, you know what I mean? So whoever finds how to bridge that gap is gonna make a lot of money.
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I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.
