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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. "
Sidney Poitier
Body
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" My autobiography was simply the story of my life. "
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" I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it. "
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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. "
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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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" Jackie Robinson is a true legend. "
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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 couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. "
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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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" I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect. "
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" There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere. "
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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 the quintessential husband and dad. "
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" I am not a hugely religious person, but I believe that there is a oneness with everything. And because there is this oneness, it is possible that my mother is the principal reason for my life. "
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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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" I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being. "
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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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" I have always been a learner because I knew nothing. "
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" I sometimes like the pictures photographers take of me. "
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Sometimes
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" I had two roles for which I compromised. "
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Two
Which
" So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether. "
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" So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness. "
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" I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden. "
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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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" My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man. "
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