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I sometimes like the pictures ...

I sometimes like the pictures photographers take of me.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

I was not the kind of a princi...

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 111 quotes

I'd seen my father. He was a p...

I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

I'll always be chasing you... ...

I'll always be chasing you... Glory.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

In my case, the body of work s...

In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

Jackie Robinson is a true lege...

Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

There is not racial or ethnic ...

There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

To be compared to Jackie Robin...

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

The impact of the black audien...

The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has gotten that message - finally.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

You don't have to become somet...

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

I've learned that I must find ...

I've learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me. There is a certain anger: it reaches such intensity that to express it fully would require homicidal rage--self destructive, destroy the world rage--and its flame burns because the world is so unjust. I have to try to find a way to channel that anger to the positive, and the highest positive is forgiveness.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

My father was a poor man, very...

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

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

Since I couldn't actuate the t...

Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

Forgiveness works two ways, in...

Forgiveness works two ways, in most instances. People have to forgive themselves too. The powerful have to forgive themselves for their behavior. That should be a sacred process.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

But perhaps more important, as...

But perhaps more important, as someone wishing to make a comment or two about contemporary life and values, I don't have to dig through libraries or travel to exotic lands to arrive at a view of our modern situation refracted through the lens of the preindustrial world, or the uncommercialized, unfranchised, perhaps unsanitized-and therefore supposedly more 'authentic'-perspective ofthe Third World. Very simply, this is because that 'other' world, as alien as if separated by centuries in time, is the one from which I c

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

As I entered this world, I wou...

As I entered this world, I would leave behind the nurturing of my family and my home, but in another sense I would take their protection with me. The lessons I had learned, the feelings of groundedness and belonging that have been woven into my character there, would be my companions on the journey.

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I am the me I choose to be....

I am the me I choose to be.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

The journey has been incredibl...

The journey has been incredible from its beginning.

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I find myself, at this time in...

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 111 quotes

If the image one holds of one'...

If the image one holds of one's self contains elements that don't square with reality, one is best advised to let go of them, however difficult that may be.

Sidney Poitier 111 quotes

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....