Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE, is a Bahamian-American actor, film director, author and diplomat...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth20 February 1927
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
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Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.
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But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.
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The journey has been incredible from its beginning.
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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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Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.
oneness anxious after-death
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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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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My autobiography was simply the story of my life.
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An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.
two roles
I had two roles for which I compromised.
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I have always been a learner because I knew nothing.
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In America, it is difficult to be your own man.
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I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. It was so blatant... I had never been so described as Florida described me.
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I want my great-granddaughter to have a fairly good understanding of the world in which I lived for 81 years and also the world before I came into it - all the way back a hundred thousand years, to the beginning of our species.