Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.

Quote by Sammy Davis Jr

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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something...

I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something...

To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making...

To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making...

I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the...

I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the...

Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn...

Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn...

Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned...

Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned...

Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on...

Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on...

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

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

I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking...

I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking...

I don't have many easy songs.

I don't have many easy songs.

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

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

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

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

Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided...

Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided...

Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.

Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.

May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the...

May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the...

You don't swing where you sleep.

You don't swing where you sleep.

We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could...

We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could...

I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do,...

I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do,...

There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after...

There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after...

Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child...

Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child...