Dad Quote by Sidney Poitier

“But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.”

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I think the way I want to think. I live the way I want to live.

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I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.

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I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.

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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.

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Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.

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