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Sidney Poitier
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born
February 20, 1927
in Miami, Florida, The United States
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The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
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2000
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Life Beyond Measure: Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
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2008
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This Life
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Separate But Equal
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Life Beyond Measure
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The Measure of a Man
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The Measure of a Man
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I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History
by Walter Mirisch, Elmore Leonard , Sidney Poitier 2.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
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2008
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A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: A Life in Hollywood
by Stanley Kramer, Thomas H. Coffey, Sidney Poitier 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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1997
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“A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.”
― Sidney Poitier, The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
― Sidney Poitier, The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
“I don't mean to be like some old guy from the olden days who says, "I walked thirty miles to school every morning, so you kids should too." That's a statement born of envy and resentment. What I'm saying is something quite different. What I'm saying is that by having very little, I had it good. Children need a sense of pulling their own weight, of contributing to the family in some way, and some sense of the family's interdependence. They take pride in knowing that they're contributing. They learn responsibility and discipline through meaningful work. The values developed within a family that operates on those principles then extend to the society at large. By not being quite so indulged and "protected" from reality by overflowing abundance, children see the bonds that connect them to others.”
― Sidney Poitier, The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
― Sidney Poitier, The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
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