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I learned to hear silence. Th...

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 111 quotes

Jackie Robinson is a true leg...

Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

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Mine was an easy ride compare...

Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.

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Generally, I tend to despise ...

Generally, I tend to despise human behavior rather than human creatures.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

I know how easy it is for one...

I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of shape. To that extent, we are all liars on numerous occasions.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

If you apply reason and logic...

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 111 quotes

My mother was the most amazin...

My mother was the most amazing person. She taught me to be kind to other women. She believed in family. She was with my father from the first day they met. All that I am, she taught me.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

My father was a poor man, ver...

My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.

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As a man, I've been represent...

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.

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But my dad also was a remarkab...

But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.

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I wouldn't change a single thi...

I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.

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I decided in my life that I wo...

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

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I had to satisfy the action fa...

I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

So I had to be careful. I reco...

So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

To simply wake up every mornin...

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

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My father was very big on marr...

My father was very big on marriage.

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History passes the final judgm...

History passes the final judgment.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

I know how easy it is for one ...

I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of shape. To that extent, we are all liars on numerous occasions.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

My father was the quintessenti...

My father was the quintessential husband and dad.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

So I'm OK with myself, with hi...

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

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