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You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.
Sidney Poitier
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Sidney Poitier
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: February 20
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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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My autobiography was simply the story of my life.
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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 simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.
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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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I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.
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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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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 you're not to be better than you were.
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We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections.
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So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.
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If you are anxious about death, then you don't have a sense of the oneness of things - you feel that after death, you will be no more.
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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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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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