Sidney Poitier Quotes - Page 2

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

  Sidney Poitier

  Mother, Two, Months

  "Oprah Talks to Sidney Poitier". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. October, 2000.

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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

  Fathers Day, Dad, Father Son

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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, Responsibility, Reflection

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• True 'joy' is the difference between just amusing ourselves to death and creating 'meaningful' pleasure.

  Sidney Poitier

  Meaningful, Differences, Creating

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• I have always been a learner because I knew nothing.

  Sidney Poitier

  Learners

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

  Sidney Poitier

  Reflection, Use, Chosen

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

  Sidney Poitier

  Determined, Randomness, Pure

  "What does randomness look like?" by Aatish Bhatia, www.wired.com. December 21, 2012.

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

  Sidney Poitier

  Moments

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• I"ve learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me.

  Sidney Poitier

  I've Learned, Outlets

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• 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

  Growth, Intrigued, Stills

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

  Sidney Poitier

  Glory, Chasing

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

  Sidney Poitier

  Hopeless, Hopelessness, Domination

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• The older we get the less afraid we are.

  Sidney Poitier

  AARP The Magazine Interview, September/October 2008.

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• Racism is very painful. That's life. It never ends.

  Sidney Poitier

  Race, Racism, Painful

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• I was fortunate enough to have been raised to a certain point before I got into the race thing. I had other views of what a human is, so I was never able to see racism as the big question. Racism was horrendous, but there were other aspects to life.

  Sidney Poitier

  Race, Views, Racism

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. October 2000.

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• Every new fashion is a form of rebellion.

  Sidney Poitier

  Fashion, Rebellion, Form

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

  Sidney Poitier

  Journey, Long, Kind

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• 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

  Letting Go, Reality, Squares

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• 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.

  Sidney Poitier

  Home, Character, Journey

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• I was a gift to my mother. She was a remarkable person. God or nature, or whatever those forces are, smiled on her, then passed me the best of her.

  Sidney Poitier

  Mother, Force, Remarkable

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. October 2000.

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• 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

  Mother, Father, Men

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• I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. It was so blatant... I had never been so described as Florida described me.

  Sidney Poitier

  Florida, Racism

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• History passes the final judgment

  Sidney Poitier

  Finals, Judgment

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

  Sidney Poitier

  Father, Men, Poor

  "Oprah Talks to Sidney Poitier". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. October, 2000.

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• 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

  Mother, Father, Be Kind

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