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Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
American Actor
Born: Feb 20, 1924
Been Father Had Life Man Me
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I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life. Sidney Poitier
Life Father My Life Reflect Nothing Father's Day Positively Would Did Decided
I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before. Sidney Poitier
Day Better Before Someone Always Than Wanted Next
I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it. Sidney Poitier
Change Single Every Follows Because Single Thing Moment Thing
There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere. Sidney Poitier
Everywhere Hopelessness Domination Racial Ethnic
I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being. Sidney Poitier
Myself Human Being Saw Only Color Never Had Occasion Question Human Being Therefore
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
Positive Myself Obligation Reflection Responsibility Whatever Way Recognized Carry Be Careful Had Liked Accept Behave Whether Manner Professional Ever Careful
So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness. Sidney Poitier
Life Me Pure Randomness Determined Seems Much
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
Truth Legal Words Numerous Bend Liars Out Moral Easy Stay Spin Through Shape Bounds Know Well Occasions Within How Ethical Skillful Use Thereby Extent
If the screen does not make room for me in the structure of their screenplay, I'll step out. I'll step back. I'd step back. I couldn't do it. I just couldn't do it. Sidney Poitier
Me Back Out Structure Step Make Does Just Screen Screenplay Room
Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's. Sidney Poitier
Ride Mine Easy Robinson Jackie Compared
I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. Sidney Poitier
Racism Adjust Florida
I cannot be understood in three minutes. Sidney Poitier
Three Minutes Understood Cannot
I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me. Sidney Poitier
Me Business Vision Else Someone Go Did Film Film Business Symbolized
I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life. Sidney Poitier
Life Extraordinary Had Feel Look Because Am Person Wanted Ordinary Ordinary Life Ordinary Person Them Who
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
Me People Black Made Every Circumstance Only Unusual Tantamount Person Representation Move Which Million Million People Set
I'll always be chasing you... Glory. Sidney Poitier
You Chasing Glory Always
My father was a certain kind of man - I saw how he treated my mother and his family and how he treated strangers. And I vowed I would never make a film that would not reflect properly on my father's name. Sidney Poitier
Family Man Mother Father Reflect Strangers Saw Kind Would Properly Never He Name Vowed Make How His Certain Film Treated
But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity. Sidney Poitier
Good Man Integrity Good Person Individual Remarkable Also Principled Person Dad
In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man. Sidney Poitier
Work Me Man Think Has-Been Case Been Itself Representative Body Stands
My autobiography was simply the story of my life. Sidney Poitier
Life My Life Simply Autobiography Story
Jackie Robinson is a true legend. Sidney Poitier
Legend True Robinson Jackie Jackie Robinson
To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved. Sidney Poitier
Think Enormous Compliment Robinson Jackie Jackie Robinson Compared Deserved Necessarily
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
Month Kind Per Demand Principal Came Eight Scripts Player
But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots. Sidney Poitier
Own Say Ability My Own Had Always How Shots
My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important. Sidney Poitier
Class Man Father Important Poor Man Possession Colonial Were Very Where Race Poor British
In America, it is difficult to be your own man. Sidney Poitier
Man Own Difficult America Your
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