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> [When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/when-i-set-out-to-become-an-actor-i-had-set-myself-a-standard/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

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## More by Sidney Poitier

> [Jackie Robinson is a true legend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/jackie-robinson-is-a-true-legend/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

> [In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/in-my-case-the-body-of-work-stands-for-itself-i-think-my-work-has/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

> [You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/you-don-t-have-to-become-something-that-you-aren-t-to-become-better/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

> [So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/so-it-s-been-kind-of-a-long-road-but-it-was-a-good-journey-altogether/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

> [I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/i-d-seen-my-father-he-was-a-poor-man-and-i-watched-him-do-astonishing/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

> [If the image one holds of one's self contains elements that don't square with reality, one is best advised to let go of them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/if-the-image-one-holds-of-one-s-self-contains-elements-that-don-t/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

> [I think the way I want to think. I live the way I want to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/i-think-the-way-i-want-to-think-i-live-the-way-i-want-to-live/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

> [I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/i-had-learned-something-of-miami-from-people-who-had-visited-there-so/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

> [We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/we-re-all-imperfect-and-life-is-simply-a-perpetual-unending-struggle/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

> [I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/i-did-not-go-into-the-film-business-to-be-symbolized-as-someone-else/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

> [I find myself, at this time in my life, no less challenged, no less plagued, no less intrigued by what I still don't know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/i-find-myself-at-this-time-in-my-life-no-less-challenged-no-less/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

> [Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/living-consciously-involves-being-genuine-it-involves-listening-and/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

> [Every new fashion is a form of rebellion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/every-new-fashion-is-a-form-of-rebellion/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

> [I'll always be chasing you... Glory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/i-ll-always-be-chasing-you-glory/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

> [So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-poitier/so-i-m-ok-with-myself-with-history-my-work-who-i-am-and-who-i-was/)

[Sidney Poitier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-poitier/)

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