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May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the prison of my skin. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)
Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived. View quote
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I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me. View quote
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If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and let them fight over you onstage and for the cameras. That's publicity, man. View quote
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Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food. View quote
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Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right. View quote
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My home has always been show business. View quote
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I had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was 4. View quote
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Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned in to everyone around us. View quote
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I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking a break from clubs was to be missed-not forgotten. View quote
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During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)
Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before. View quote
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I don't have many easy songs. View quote
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Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt. View quote
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I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding. View quote
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You don't swing where you sleep. View quote
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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. View quote
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All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me. View quote
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There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)
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. View quote
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted. View quote
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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? View quote
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I didn't hate being 60 as much as I had 50. View quote
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