#he

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. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#bogart #comes #fame #guy #his

When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#american #close #done #even #fear

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

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#brought #grandmother #harlem #hills #hollywood

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

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#cities #had #i #over #played

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

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#anything #father #i #knew #loved

May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the prison of my skin. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#caught #legally #married #may #prison

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. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#belly #drop #few #get #going

You don't swing where you sleep. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#swing #where #you

And this is what was fascinating to me about 'The Help'; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things. ↗

— Viola Davis

#did #extraordinary #extraordinary things #fascinating #help

I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick accents. But sometimes you have to adjust when you go into the world of film, TV, theatre, in order to make it accessible to people. ↗

— Viola Davis

#accents #accessible #adjust #african #african americans