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A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.

The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

Child psychologists have demonstrated that our minds are actually constructed by these thousands of ...

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The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

So much of life, it seems, is determined by pure randomness.

I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.

Accept that environment compromises values far more than values do their number on environment.

The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

Okay listen, you think I'm so inconsequential? Then try this on for size. All those who see unworthi...

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The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skill...

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My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the b...

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I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden...

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

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

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Sidney Poitier

Actor

Born: 1927-02-20

Died: N/A

Sidney Poitier (20 February 1927 - 7 January 2022) was an Academy award-winning Bahamian-American actor, director, author and diplomat.More