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Sidney Poitier
American
Actor
About the author
To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Compliment
Jackie Robinson is a true legend.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
My autobiography was simply the story of my life.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Life
#Autobiography
My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Man
#Poor
#Race
#Father
#Class
#Possession
Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
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.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Responsibility
#Positive
#Reflection
#Obligation
So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Work
#History
So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Road
#Journey
So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Life
In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Work
#Man
#Body
There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
I'll always be chasing you... Glory.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Glory
To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Bed
We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Perfection
The journey has been incredible from its beginning.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Beginning
#Journey
I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Life
#Nothing
#Father
A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Career
#Thought
#Deed
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.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Man
#Parents
#Values
But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Ability
But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Man
#Integrity
#Remarkable
#Dad
If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Career
#Logic
#Reason
I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Life
#Family
I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Work
#Values
#Reflection
I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#People
I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Being
#Question
I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Life
#Work
#Values
I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Life
I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#People
#Circumstance
I've had it all my life and when it can time for me to start a family, I was quite anxious to do so.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#Time
#Life
#Family
History passes the final judgment.
Sidney Poitier,
American
Actor
#History
#Judgment