Sidney Poitier Quotes

The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has gotten that message - finally.

Sidney Poitier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 20, 1924

Topics

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No funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.

Jerry Weller

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To be an artist that is fully original, it doesn't exist.

John Gourley

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I look at being a capitalist businessperson like riding a bike - if I go too slowly, I'll fall over. Or it's kind of like a shark: if I stop swimming, I'll just die.

Andrew Mason

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When I'm really purring it, I feel as if my whole left side - from knee to hip to shoulder - is turning behind me as I swing through the ball.

Matt Kuchar

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Comedians who are 22 years old can certainly be funny and clever, and be capable of telling jokes - but are they talking about their favorite TV shows, or a particular brand of shampoo?

Rob Delaney

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If there's an opportunity to tell a story through acting or directing or cinematography or a book, I will embrace that opportunity.

Costa Ronin

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My journey has been good, and by God's grace, I have not changed.

Anushka Sharma

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Tolling... has a place. We're not going to toll our way to prosperity as a country. It is a tool that can be used in some instances, for example, to add capacity and to pay for that capacity privately. But I don't think it is a complete solution to how we deal with our surface transportation issues.

Anthony Foxx

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TSG is competing with Middle East, East Asia and Europe in offering prices that are either lower or at par with these markets.

Priya Sachdev

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There are other players who were more talented, but there is no one who could out-prepare me.

Peyton Manning

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The most amazing lesson in aerodynamics I ever had was the day I climbed a thermal in a glider at the same time as an eagle. I witnessed, close up, effortlessness and lightness combined with strength, precision and determination.

Norman Foster

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When we launched a new company, I reviewed the ads and marketing materials and asked those presenting the campaign to read everything aloud to test the phrasing and concept. If I could grasp it quickly, then it passed with muster. We would get our message across only if it was understandable at first glance.

Richard Branson

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