Sidney Poitier quotes - page 3

I have always been a learner because I knew nothing. (Sidney Poitier)
I was fortunate enough to have been raised to a certain point before I got into the race thing. I had other views of what a human is, so I was never able to see racism as the big question. Racism was horrendous, but there were other aspects to life. View quote
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I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters. View quote
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I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. View quote
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The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has gotten that message - finally. View quote
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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. View quote
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When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard. View quote
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I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life. View quote
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I cannot be understood in three minutes. View quote
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I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things. View quote
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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. (Sidney Poitier)
Generally, I tend to despise human behavior rather than human creatures. View quote
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I had two roles for which I compromised. View quote
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I knew what it was to be uncomfortable in a movie theater watching unfolding on the screen images of myself - not me, but black people - that were uncomfortable. View quote
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I'm going to quit writing. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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My father was the quintessential husband and dad. View quote
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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. View quote
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I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life. View quote
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I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it. (Sidney Poitier)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me. View quote
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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. View quote
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