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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.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

We all suffer from the preoccu...

We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists ... in the loved one, perfection.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

You don't have to become somet...

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

Of all my father's teachings, ...

Of all my father's teachings, the most enduring was the one about the true measure of a man. That true measure was how well he provided for his children, and it stuck with me as if it were etched in my brain.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

As I've mentioned, a large par...

As I've mentioned, a large part of my father's legacy is the lesson he taught his sons. He brought us together and said, 'The measure of a man is how well he provides for his children.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

I do know that I'm responsible...

I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

I would like to grow less afra...

I would like to grow less afraid of dying. I am infinitely less afraid today than I was 15 or 25 years ago. I was most afraid of dying when I was 33, because I come from a Catholic family.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

If you are anxious about death...

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 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

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.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

I never had an occasion to que...

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

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

To simply wake up every mornin...

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

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

So it's been kind of a long ro...

So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.

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I couldn't adjust to the racis...

I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida.

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

I was born two months early, a...

I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

I had chosen to use my work as...

I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.

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So much of life, it seems to m...

So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

Generally, I tend to despise h...

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

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

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