“I don't know where it's going, but I'm sticking with it!”

— Jimmy Durante

Said after joining chorus girls in a conga line onstage, as quoted in "Tips on Tables" by Robert W. Dana (30 March 1951) http://www.bigbandsandbignames.com/durante.html

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American jazz singer, pianist, comedian and actor 1893–1980

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