Sidney Poitier Quotes
I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.
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I've been very fortunate with my three spec scripts - which is sort of my thematic trilogy of the American Frontier. With 'Sicario', 'Hell or High Water' and then 'Wind River' - which is the third - there were no rewrites. It was the first draft for all three.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
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I've never asked a player if they would sign my shoe.
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I always say 'thriller;' if they see you're a woman - and you're a blond woman - people assume you're writing about cats and romances where somebody has died.
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I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.
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A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappeared.
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I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.
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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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I don't read books.
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As it enters the ear, does it come in like broken glass or does it come in like honey?
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Mum put me in drama classes when I was about 14. I'd been going on about it for some time, so maybe it was a way to shut me up.
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If inequalities of taxable wealth backing up a government service are construed as denying equality before the law, then there is no solution but to have every government service whatever financed out of Washington.
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Pop has to exist and it's a great thing.
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If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family.
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Everybody has problems.
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Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.
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After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I wanted nothing whatever to do with it. I felt disgusted with it. If I saw someone reading a religious book on a train, I'd think, how awful.
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Usually on 'Yo Gabba Gabba,' we eat healthy and organic. We don't play.
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I went to public school my whole life. It was a performing arts school, so I can't say if it was a typical experience or not, because it's all I know.
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I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table.
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I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.
