Sidney Poitier Quotes
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You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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There are a lot of people who worked extremely hard in the election who are still organized who know how to do door to door and phone canvassing, who know how to raise money.
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In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.
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I've played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.
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Oh, I'm a survivor. My whole life has been surviving.
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I had the lunchbox that cleared the cafeteria. I was very unpopular in the early grades. Because I hung out with my grandfather, I started to bring my lunchbox with sardine sandwiches and calamari that I would eat off my fingers like rings. I was also always reeking of garlic.
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I'm actually a very shy person. You'd be surprised how many leaders are shy. They're not all extroverts by nature.
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I fight manic-depression, and I have been able to live battling that sadness that I get sometimes.
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Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.
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I still listen to a lot of the classics from Bob Dylan and John Martin, but I love electronic music as well. I'm a big fan of an Australian DJ and producer called Flume, who I think is incredible. He should be more successful in the U.K.!
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In this heat every extra gesture was an affront to the common store of life.
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The best break anybody ever gets is in bein' alive in the first place. An' you don't unnerstan' what a perfect deal it is until you realizes that you ain't gone be stuck with it forever, either.
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I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.
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Racism has its boot squarely wedged on the neck of black communities, and we don't want to be told that hard work and responsibility are the answer.
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I believe that if your primary motivation in life is to be moral, you don't become an artist.
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I really believe in the last name Hoffa being something powerful. You want to live your life to bring honor to that name.
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When I was working on 'Deadwood', it was understood that the script was a work in progress, and when we got to set, everyone would kind of work on it together.
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Being busy with work, and as a mum, I'm a big fan of online shopping.
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For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.
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I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.
