"I had two roles for which I compromised."

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Sidney Poitier

#Two Quotes #Roles Quotes

“someday you might be sad, when you might wish to talk to me but i might not able to do so”
“Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows.”
“It's very difficult to change the perception people have of you.”
“Im probably the only one in the world you can name thats worked with Billie Holiday, Louie Armstrong, Ella, Duke, Miles, Dizzy, Ray Charles, Aretha, Michael Jackson, rappers. Fly Me to the Moon was played on the moon by Buzz Aldrin. Sinatra. Paul Simon. Tony Bennett. Im the only one.”
“Religious work is one of the best ways to keep from facing your reality if you are Christian, if you are using it to calm the pain, because that it what all addictions are, attempts to cover the pain of this spiritual disease”
“Well, PZ Myers, Jen McCreight, Phil Plait, Amanda Marcotte, Greg Laden, Melissa McEwan and others have all already said it, but I figured I should post this for the record: yes, Richard Dawkins believes I should be a good girl and just shut up about being sexually objectified because it doesnâ€™t bother him. Thanks, wealthy old heterosexual white man!”
“For a long time I thought-'I've got to buck up and be strong. I've got to put on a brave face-and get through this near burn-out or that discouraging time in my life,'" "God has really seriously changed my thinking on this. When you take off the mask, you relate at a base level to everyone else who has been through pain-and everyone has. Honesty promotes intimacy and promotes us together relying on God. True honesty is beautiful.”
“To provide its happy people with perpetual fun is now the deepest purpose of Western civilization.”

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