Sammy Davis, Jr. Quotes
The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh approach to it. Drop it.
Quotes to Explore
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Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.
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It's true that I run a multi-national group but I have no interests in India. So please tell me, what should my identity be?
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Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.
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Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. And in Donald Trump's case, lies.
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The problem is that no ethical system has ever achieved consensus. Ethical systems are completely unlike mathematics or science. This is a source of concern.
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.
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In high school and college, I did not have any Christian friends except my best friend Sarah, who I actually 'brought to Jesus.'
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You have to take the next step and bet on the next generation.
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I am slightly fascinated by the question of whether humanity is capable of change. I may have come to the conclusion that we're not, but we keep trying.
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When I graduated, I was director of my school's sketch comedy group, and I knew that I wanted to be writing and performing my own sketch comedy. It kind of made me want to do my own one-person sketch group.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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I grew up doing stage work as a child and as a teenager, so the stage is my home where I feel most comfortable.
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As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.
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If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.
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I love to feature children and young adults as real people - flawed, naive, virtuous, venal - but real. I think it adds nuance and depth to the stories that wouldn't exist without them.
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I had Elvis' number in my book and I never called it.
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Krupa's drums went through us like a triple bourbon.
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There are different parts of us. You want to feel safe but you want to also feel challenged.
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NASA should start thinking about this planet.
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The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh approach to it. Drop it.
