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Sammy Davis, Jr.

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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.


— Sammy Davis, Jr.


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I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me.


— Sammy Davis, Jr.


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I didn't hate being 60 as much as I had 50.


— Sammy Davis, Jr.


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I don't have many easy songs.


— Sammy Davis, Jr.


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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.


— Sammy Davis, Jr.


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I had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was 4.


— Sammy Davis, Jr.


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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.


— Sammy Davis, Jr.


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I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.


— Sammy Davis, Jr.


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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.


— Sammy Davis, Jr.


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I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.


— Sammy Davis, Jr.


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Did you know about Sammy Davis, Jr.?

Gwar has an entire song dedicated to him on the album "Carnival of Chaos" called "Sammy". In September 2009 the musical Sammy: Once in a Lifetime premiered at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego with book music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and additional songs by Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Davis started as a child vaudevillian who became known for his performances on Broadway and Las Vegas Nevada.

"Handicap?" he asked. Primarily a dancer and singer he was also known for his impersonations of actors and other celebrities. "Talk about handicap — I'm a one-eyed Negro Jew.

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