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I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.
Sidney Poitier
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Sidney Poitier
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: February 20
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We suffer pain, we hang tight to hope, we nurture expectations, we are plagued occasionally by fears, we are haunted by defeats and unrealized hopes . . . The hoplessness of which I speak is not limited.
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If you are anxious about death, then you don't have a sense of the oneness of things - you feel that after death, you will be no more.
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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.
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I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.
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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.
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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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