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" 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
People
Person
Black
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" If the screen does not make room for me in the structure of their screenplay, I'll step out. I'll step back. I'd step back. I couldn't do it. I just couldn't do it. "
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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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" 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. "
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" In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man. "
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" I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. "
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" I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be. "
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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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" When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard. "
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" If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't. "
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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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" 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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Tell
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Legend
" Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no. "
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" I'm a good person. "
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Good
Person
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