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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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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.
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I had two roles for which I compromised.
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I defend myself by improving myself.
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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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A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.
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When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard.
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I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.
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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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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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I am the me I choose to be.
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