Sidney Poitier Quotes - Page 4

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

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  Men, Thinking, Body

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

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  Wanted, Values

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• I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be.

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  Family, Wonderful, Nurturing

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• The journey has been incredible from its beginning.

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  Journey, Life Journey, Incredibles

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• If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't.

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  Careers, Logic, Reason

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• I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden.

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  Intellectual, Fans, Action

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• 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.

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  Hair, Teeth, Belts

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

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  Father, Men, Race

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• My father was the quintessential husband and dad.

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  Husband, Dad, Father

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

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  Thinking, Compliment, Enormous

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

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  People, Miami

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• I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida.

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  Florida, Racism

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• I sometimes like the pictures photographers take of me.

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  Photographer, Sometimes

  "The leading man". Interview with Burhan Wazir, www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2000.

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• I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

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  Player, Eight, Demand

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• So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

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  Who I Am

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

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  Numbers, Directors, Cost

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• Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

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  Legends, Jackie

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• When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard.

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  Actors, Standards

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• My father was very big on marriage.

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  Father, Bigs

  "The leading man" by Burhan Wazir, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2000.

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• I had two roles for which I compromised.

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  Two, Roles

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

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• In America, it is difficult to be your own man.

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  Men, America, Difficult

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• I don't very often read novels.

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  Novel

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• But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.

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  Dad, Integrity, Men

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

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  Easy, Jackie, Mines

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