Sidney Poitier Zitate auf Englisch

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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.

Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

Sidney Poitier

I'm going to quit writing.

Sidney Poitier

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

Sidney Poitier

There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere.

Sidney Poitier

But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.

Sidney Poitier

Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.

Sidney Poitier

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

Sidney Poitier

I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life.

Sidney Poitier

If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't.

Sidney Poitier

My autobiography was simply the story of my life.

Sidney Poitier

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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I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

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But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.

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So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

Sidney Poitier

I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life.

Sidney Poitier

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.

Sidney Poitier

The journey has been incredible from its beginning.

Sidney Poitier

If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

Sidney Poitier

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.

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To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

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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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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'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.

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I had two roles for which I compromised.

Sidney Poitier

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 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 have always been a learner because I knew nothing.

Sidney Poitier

I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.

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So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.

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I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

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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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Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.

Sidney Poitier

History passes the final judgment.

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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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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'll always be chasing you... Glory.

Sidney Poitier