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I had two roles for which I compromised.
Sidney Poitier
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Sidney Poitier
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: February 20
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Sir Sidney Poitier
Compromised
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Every new fashion is a form of rebellion.
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I cannot be understood in three minutes.
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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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Ive learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me.
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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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A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.
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To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.
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You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.
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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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Generally, I tend to despise human behavior rather than human creatures.
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