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" So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether. "
Sidney Poitier
Been
Good
Journey
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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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" I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it. "
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Moment
Single
" When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard. "
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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 poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important. "
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Man
Class
" I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. "
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Florida
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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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Also
Good
Integrity
" 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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Moral
Easy
Know
" But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots. "
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Always
My Own
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Things
Wanted
" I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things. "
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Poor
Things
" To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed. "
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Morning
Wake Up
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Me
Never
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Quintessential
Dad
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You
Always
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Everywhere
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