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I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.
Sidney Poitier
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Sidney Poitier
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: February 20
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I defend myself by improving myself.
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I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.
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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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So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.
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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 cannot be understood in three minutes.
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To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.
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Accept that environment compromises values far more than values do their number on environment.
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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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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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My autobiography was simply the story of my life.
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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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