Sidney Poitier Quotes
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Drink lots of water and stay hydrated.
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When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and the melody and the harmonies and take them as they come.
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I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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One of my favorite things about what I do for a living is that there is no certainty that, at any hour of any day, I could get a phone call that could change everything. Good or bad. I never know.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.
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This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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I can't stand recipes that don't have background.
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I quite like it when I'm on the Tube and people offer me their seat. Sometimes I take it. The other day I was offered a seat by a pregnant lady. I thought, 'That's going a bit far.'
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The male corporate model is built on a man's greater willingness to be a slave of sorts - especially once he has to provide for children.
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We all live with blinders on. They come with having a personal vantage point.
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It's when you're true to yourself that resonates with other people.
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To me, a multi-cam is just like the feeling you get from the audience.
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I love making music, though. I love playing.
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Everybody has busy lives, but you can tell people, 'Go outside and look at the night sky. We've been able to demonstrate that every star you see probably has a planet around it.'
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The more you head into the maelstrom, the more vulnerable you are, of course. But it's what you owe to whatever gift you have.
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That's what I love the most about being a quarterback. Everybody looks to you to make a play. They look to you to say something that's going to spark the team. I take full pride in that every single day.
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Lawyers (are) operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has to pass.
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There are two things that Jack Bauer never does. Show mercy, and go to the bathroom.
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In one of my recent books, 'The Success Principles,' I taught 64 lessons that help people achieve what they want out of life. From taking nothing less than 100 percent responsibility for your life to empowering others, these are the fundamentals to success - and to great leadership.
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And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business.
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I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.
