Sidney Poitier Quotes

I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. It was so blatant... I had never been so described as Florida described me.

Sidney Poitier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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RacismMeNeverFloridaAdjustBeen

The only real difference between shooting 'Firefly' and 'Serenity' was that on 'Serenity,' we had a lot more freedom with time. When you're shooting a television show, you usually have anywhere between six and nine pages of script to shoot a day, and only twelve hours to do it. But with 'Serenity,' we could shoot one scene all day long.

Jewel Staite

FreedomTimeDaySerenityLongYou

The movement for the environment really only started in the mid 1970's.

Anita Roddick

EnvironmentMovementStartedOnly

The saving love of God is his doing whatever must be done, at great cost to himself, and for the least deserving, so that he might enthrall them with what will make them supremely happy forever, namely, himself.

John Piper

LoveGodGreatHappyDoingDone

You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you.

Stan Getz

BetterMusiciansYouPlayListen

When I was dealing with a lot of Iraqis, lies were constant; people constantly lied to you. It's a part of their culture. They wanted to please you so much, they were willing to lie to you to please you.

Tom King

CultureLiePeopleYouWillingLies

Many Muslims may not seek to kill the infidel, but they don't want to condemn those carrying out the holy book command.

Monica Crowley

BookWantOutSeekMayHoly

Well, language seems to be something that obsesses me. I'm always writing about it.

Lisel Mueller

MeWritingLanguageAlwaysSomething

Twitter is very impulsive and impermanent and you only have 140 characters. There is no greater 'Emperor' of Twitter than Stephen Fry.

David Tang

YouGreaterImpulsiveOnlyThanFry

I'm free. I'm free to say what I feel.

Christine Gregoire

FreeFeelSayI Feel

When we moved from 'Ice Age' to 'Ice Age 2,' we were really stuck; a story didn't just organically emerge. While I'm very proud of 'Ice Age 2,' from a storytelling sense, it's a very thin story.

Chris Meledandri

AgeProudStoryIceStorytelling

I always dreamt of becoming an artist in Paris. Thanks to the Army, it happened.

William Klein

ArmyArtistParisAlwaysThanks

Seeing how dumb and stupid they often are, I just couldn't imagine minions being girls.

Pierre Coffin

StupidSeeingDumbImagineJustHow

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