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Sidney Poitier quotes: We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections. We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I am the me I choose to be. I am the me I choose to be.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values. I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.
Sidney Poitier quotes: There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere. There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere.
Sidney Poitier quotes: If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty. If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it. I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I was a gift to my mother. She was a remarkable person. God or nature, or whatever those forces are, smiled on her, then passed me the best of her. I was a gift to my mother. She was a remarkable person. God or nature, or whatever those forces are, smiled on her, then passed me the best of her.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before. I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I get offered work these days. I get offered work these days.
Sidney Poitier quotes: My father was very big on marriage. My father was very big on marriage.
Sidney Poitier quotes: So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was. So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.
Sidney Poitier quotes: My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important. My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.
Sidney Poitier quotes: You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are. You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.
Sidney Poitier quotes: You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were. You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.
Sidney Poitier quotes: We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists ... in the loved one, perfection. We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists ... in the loved one, perfection.
Sidney Poitier quotes: When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard. When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard.
Sidney Poitier quotes: A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better. A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life. I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.
Sidney Poitier quotes: So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness. So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.
Sidney Poitier quotes: Racism is very painful. That's life. It never ends. Racism is very painful. That's life. It never ends.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I think the way I want to think. I live the way I want to live. I think the way I want to think. I live the way I want to live.
Sidney Poitier quotes: To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed. To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.
Sidney Poitier quotes: True 'joy' is the difference between just amusing ourselves to death and creating 'meaningful' pleasure. True 'joy' is the difference between just amusing ourselves to death and creating 'meaningful' pleasure.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be. I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be.
Sidney Poitier quotes: The older we get the less afraid we are. The older we get the less afraid we are.
Sidney Poitier quotes: History passes the final judgment. History passes the final judgment.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me. I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.
Sidney Poitier quotes: Jackie Robinson is a true legend. Jackie Robinson is a true legend.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it. I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.
Sidney Poitier quotes: As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents. As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.
Sidney Poitier quotes: So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether. So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I don't very often read novels. I don't very often read novels.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect. I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.
Sidney Poitier quotes: So much of life, it seems, is determined by pure randomness. So much of life, it seems, is determined by pure randomness.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I have always been a learner because I knew nothing. I have always been a learner because I knew nothing.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I'm not a library. I'm not a library.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. It was so blatant ... I had never been so described as Florida described me. I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. It was so blatant ... I had never been so described as Florida described me.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I sometimes like the pictures photographers take of me. I sometimes like the pictures photographers take of me.
Sidney Poitier quotes: A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another. A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.
Sidney Poitier quotes: Far as I can tell, I still have most of my hair, my gut is not hanging over my belt, and I still have all of my teeth. Far as I can tell, I still have most of my hair, my gut is not hanging over my belt, and I still have all of my teeth.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was ... a human being. I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was ... a human being.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things. I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I'm going to quit writing. I'm going to quit writing.
Sidney Poitier quotes: My wife collects knickknacks. My wife collects knickknacks.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters. I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters.
Sidney Poitier quotes: If you apologize because you are afraid, then you are a child not a man. If you apologize because you are afraid, then you are a child not a man.
Sidney Poitier quotes: To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved. To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.
Sidney Poitier quotes: An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return. An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I cannot be understood in three minutes. I cannot be understood in three minutes.
Sidney Poitier quotes: Acting isn't a game of "pretend." It's an exercise in being real. Acting isn't a game of "pretend." It's an exercise in being real.
Sidney Poitier quotes: My father was the quintessential husband and dad. My father was the quintessential husband and dad.
Sidney Poitier quotes: Accept that environment compromises values far more than values do their number on environment. Accept that environment compromises values far more than values do their number on environment.
Sidney Poitier quotes: But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots. But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.
Sidney Poitier quotes: In America, it is difficult to be your own man. In America, it is difficult to be your own man.
Sidney Poitier quotes: Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's. Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month. I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.
Sidney Poitier quotes: When you walk with someone, something unspoken happens. Either you match their pace or they match yours. When you walk with someone, something unspoken happens. Either you match their pace or they match yours.
Sidney Poitier quotes: My autobiography was simply the story of my life. My autobiography was simply the story of my life.
Sidney Poitier quotes: Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no. Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.
Sidney Poitier quotes: But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity. But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.
Sidney Poitier quotes: The journey has been incredible from its beginning. The journey has been incredible from its beginning.
Sidney Poitier quotes: If you are anxious about death, then you don't have a sense of the oneness of things-you feel that after death, you will be no more. If you are anxious about death, then you don't have a sense of the oneness of things-you feel that after death, you will be no more.
Sidney Poitier quotes: Every new fashion is a form of rebellion. Every new fashion is a form of rebellion.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life. I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life.
Sidney Poitier quotes: Generally, I tend to despise human behavior rather than human creatures. Generally, I tend to despise human behavior rather than human creatures.
Sidney Poitier quotes: In my case, the body of work stands for itself ... I think my work has been representative of me as a man. In my case, the body of work stands for itself ... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life. I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden. I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden.
Sidney Poitier quotes: If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't. If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I find myself, at this time in my life, no less challenged, no less plagued, no less intrigued by what I still don't know. I find myself, at this time in my life, no less challenged, no less plagued, no less intrigued by what I still don't know.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I have a kind of respect a worshipful attitude, even for nature and the natural order and the cosmos and the seasons ... I have a kind of respect
a worshipful attitude, even
for nature and the natural order and the cosmos and the seasons ...
Sidney Poitier quotes: I'll always be chasing you ... Glory. I'll always be chasing you ... Glory.
Sidney Poitier quotes: Marriage is no way of life for the weak, the selfish, or the insecure. Marriage is no way of life for the weak, the selfish, or the insecure.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life. I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I defend myself by improving myself. I defend myself by improving myself.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I had two roles for which I compromised. I had two roles for which I compromised.
Sidney Poitier quotes: I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it. I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.

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