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I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.
Sidney Poitier
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Sidney Poitier
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: February 20
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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.
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I have a kind of respect - a worshipful attitude, even - for nature and the natural order and the cosmos and the seasons.
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As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.
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Accept that environment compromises values far more than values do their number on environment.
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I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters.
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Ive learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me.
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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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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.
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If you apologize because you are afraid, then you are a child not a man.
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My autobiography was simply the story of my life.
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As I've mentioned, a large part of my father's legacy is the lesson he taught his sons. He brought us together and said, 'The measure of a man is how well he provides for his children.
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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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So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.
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You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.
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You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.
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We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections.
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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.
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A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.
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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.
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I cannot be understood in three minutes.
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