Sammy Davis, Jr. Quotes
I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired.
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Talent is very hot.
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If other people want to say that I'm the next person in boxing, then that's up to them. That's their opinion.
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I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.
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I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's.
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Time Inc. has amazing titles - really great content.
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Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
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Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists.
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I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.
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We must assert to the Abrahamic people that we are the last extension of the Abrahamic religion... There is no such thing as an Islamic tribe.
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It gets very tiring when you are filming and then taken to a room to do school work. I never get any rest time. It is either work or school. Once you are an adult, you get to take a nap in between shots.
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I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.
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I weighed 25 stone, and I didn't stand nine feet tall, so the weight didn't sit well on me. As big as a house? No. I was as big as an estate.
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The newspaper is a marvelous medium. It is extraordinarily convenient and cheap. Let's see. This one cost 75 cents. Now that's a little high. I bought it when I was downtown this morning.
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
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The ANC party from time to time comes with legislation which, if accepted and if not nullified by the constitution of court, would have the effect of undermining the constitution and eroding its values.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth that distorts.
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It's all there-the boredom, the devotion, the horror and even the humor in an industrial war fought on a global scale that we'll never see again. Unit histories just do not get any better.
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I've had times where one of my roommates was moving out of the house in college, and because we were the only black people in that neighborhood, the cops got called, and we had guns drawn on us. Came in the house, without knocking, guns drawn on my teammates and roommates. So I have experienced this.
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If you think back over your experiences, the chances are that you will find the finest moments in your life were those when you completely forgot yourself.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
