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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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To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.
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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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So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.
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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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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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I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.
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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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My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.
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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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You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.
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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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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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We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections.
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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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Generally, I tend to despise human behavior rather than human creatures.
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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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My autobiography was simply the story of my life.
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Ive learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me.
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