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Sidney Poitier
February 20, 1924 -
Nationality: American
Category: Actor
Subcategory: American Actor

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

   

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

   

I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be.

   

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

   

In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.

   

My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.

   

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

   

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

   

I'll always be chasing you... Glory.

   

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

   

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

   

History passes the final judgment.

   

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