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There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.
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I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.
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The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
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There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time.
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The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.
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Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart.
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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
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Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned in to everyone around us.
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My home has always been show business.
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All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.
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The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked to grow old with.
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Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food.
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We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him.
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You don't swing where you sleep.
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Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.
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Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect fewer barriers?
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Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived.
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Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.
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There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.
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Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man.
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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.
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You can be in this business 50 years and still not know anything about it.
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With an ocean between you and your European friends, you have to keep them in your heart.
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You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
Sammy Davis, Jr.