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

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Sammy Davis, Jr.

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“Champion the right to be yourself; dare to be different and to set your own pattern, live your own life, and follow your own star.”
“I think thatâ€™s a mistake if [Aaron Rodgers] does not throw at [Richard Sherman]. Now, he doesnâ€™t have to make it personal vendetta against him because Iâ€™m sure all year, all heâ€™s heard is how he did not throw on Richard Sherman.”
“I think people today are very cynical. They need to bring other people down. Reality television and tabloid magazinesÂ—never before did we need to see movie stars taking out their garbage. But all of a sudden, it's front-page newsÂ—trying to figure out who's dating whom, all that stuff. Who cares?”
“I never sit in a cinema and go, "Ah! I want to be in that film!"”
“I have the kiss of Walt Whitman still on my lips”
“We pay just as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats. Go ahead and fail. But fail with wit, fail with grace, fail with style. A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success.”
“I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.”

Source : Bill Schroeder, Drew Olson, Craig Counsell, Bob Uecker (2016). “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers: Stories from the Milwaukee Brewers Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box”, p.45, Triumph Books
“You could call him," Wes suggests. "Why be a spectator in the game of love? Take charge. Don't wait around and let the boy call all the shots." "As cheesy as all of that sounds," Kimmie adds. "Cheese or not,I know what I'm talking about." He sulks. "I've lived it. I've learned it." Kimmie lets out a laugh. "With who,Romeo? That Wendy girl you paid to date you?" "Oh, and because I don't have a dating history as big as your mouth, it doesn't quite measure up?" "I hate to break this to you, but that isn't the only thing of yours that doesn't measure up." "Wouldn't you like to know?" He grins.”

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