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I come from a great family. I'...

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 111 quotes

I wouldn't change a single thi...

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

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

I cannot be understood in thre...

I cannot be understood in three minutes.

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I have always been a learner b...

I have always been a learner because I knew nothing.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

Mine was an easy ride compared...

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

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

A good deed here, a good deed ...

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 111 quotes

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

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 111 quotes

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.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

I lived in a country where I c...

I lived in a country where I couldn't live where I wanted to live. I lived in a country where I couldn't go where I wanted to eat. I lived in a country where I couldn't get a job, except for those put aside for people of my colour or caste.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

But I always had the ability t...

But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

My autobiography was simply th...

My autobiography was simply the story of my 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

I wanted to explore the values...

I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

I was the only Black person on...

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

An appreciable number of direc...

An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

Far as I can tell, I still hav...

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 111 quotes

I always wanted to be someone ...

I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

I had learned something of Mia...

I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

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

I had two roles for which I co...

I had two roles for which I compromised.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

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