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.

Quote by Sammy Davis Jr

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There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a...

There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a...

Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul...

Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul...

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,...

My home has always been show business.

My home has always been show business.

When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call...

When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call...

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

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 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.

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...

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where...

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where...

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.

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...

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 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...

You don't swing where you sleep.

You don't swing where you sleep.

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 hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were...

I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were...

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

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

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

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...