I had to satisfy the action ...

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

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
 George S. Patton
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
 Robert Schuller
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
 Harriet Beecher Stowe

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My mother was the most amazing person. She taught me to be kind to other women. She believed in family. She was with my father from the first day they met. All that I am, she taught me.
 Sidney Poitier
I was a gift to my mother. She was a remarkable person. God or nature, or whatever those forces are, smiled on her, then passed me the best of her.
 Sidney Poitier
I am not a hugely religious person, but I believe that there is a oneness with everything. And because there is this oneness, it is possible that my mother is the principal reason for my life.
 Sidney Poitier
My father was a certain kind of man - I saw how he treated my mother and his family and how he treated strangers. And I vowed I would never make a film that would not reflect properly on my father's name.
 Sidney Poitier
I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.
 Sidney Poitier