Sammy Davis, Jr. Quotes
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I watched a lot of soap operas like 'General Hospital' and 'Days Of Our Lives.' When it came to movies, my parents were quite strict. They would watch 'Flash Dance' but wouldn't let us see the whole film because Jennifer Beals' character was a stripper. It was so funny when I finally saw the whole film. I thought she was a ballerina!
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I've always been fascinated by horror films and genre films. And horror films harbored a fascination for me and always have been something I've wanted to watch and wanted to make.
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I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
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Just because I have two world records, everyone assumes that means automatically it is two guaranteed gold medals, but it isn't like that, and anything can happen in a race.
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My personality is extremely unbalanced.
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I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a character entirely unlike myself, but to also make such a character a part of me. There is no routine here; there is no boredom.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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There's a smartphone gait: the slow sidewalk weave that comes from being lost in conversation rather than looking where you're going.
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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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I think the key to getting rid of illegal immigration, no matter where its coming from, is that you need to have a good legal apparatus for immigration.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
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My generation of the Sixties, with all our great ideals, destroyed liberalism, because of our excesses.
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I got a big mouth.
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I think being directed and mentored by someone as inspirational as Paul Feig not only improves my performance but, as a whole, makes it what it is.
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The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
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I have a huge editor in my head who's always making me miserable. But sometimes, I try to let my unconscious act out.
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Opportunities present themselves to me. That's how my whole life has been pretty much. I've been lucky.
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I'm not really into musicals.
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It's weird. I don't really have goals. I just try to make sure I'm enjoying what I'm doing. Once I start to get sick of it, the next thing becomes obvious.
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Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.
