Sidney Poitier Quotes
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Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.
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I have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.
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Nothing endures but personal qualities.
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I knew I was going to be somebody.
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There's nothing more fun than making fun of what's sacred.
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We have nothing to fear but fear itself... and, of course, the boogieman.
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What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming.
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I have nothing revolutionary or even novel to offer.
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I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.
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I knew it was called 'Dunkirk,' Christopher Nolan was directing it, and it was a war film. That was all anyone knew.
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Nothing is better than peace, by which all warfare of heavenly and earthly foes is brought to naught.
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The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.
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There's nothing more fun than mean-spirited characters.
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You're terrified that nothing will ever give you the fulfillment that dancing has given you.
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Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.
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Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People who work hard on the road as truckers, people who work hard using their hands. Then there are people who are fortunate enough to have my life, people who play these characters who embody these qualities.
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I think what Trump will be judged on by the folks that voted for him... is whether things start to get a little bit better over the next few years. And ultimately, that doesn't depend on whether Jeff Sessions is the attorney general.
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You can sing only what you are. You can paint only what you are. You must be what your experiences, your environment, and your heredity have made you. For better or for worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.
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And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor.
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If you were out of a job and your kid needed diapers and your husband just left you, you would be so confused.
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I have always been a learner because I knew nothing.
