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I am the me I choose to be.

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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Living consciously involves being genuine it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly it involves being in the moment.
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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 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 was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.
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I had two roles for which I compromised.
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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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I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.
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I was a gift to my mother. She was a remarkable person. God or nature, or whatever those forces are, smiled on her, then passed me the best of her.
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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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We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections.
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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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To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.
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Accept that environment compromises values far more than values do their number on environment.
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I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.
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My father was a certain kind of man - I saw how he treated my mother and his family and how he treated strangers. And I vowed I would never make a film that would not reflect properly on my father's name.
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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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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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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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