#cas

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#color #had #human #human being #i

I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of shape. To that extent, we are all liars on numerous occasions. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#bounds #completely #easy #ethical #extent

I lived in a country where I couldn't live where I wanted to live. I lived in a country where I couldn't go where I wanted to eat. I lived in a country where I couldn't get a job, except for those put aside for people of my colour or caste. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#caste #colour #country #eat #except

In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#body #case #i #i think #itself

Burt Lancaster was largely responsible for me becoming a director. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

#burt #director #lancaster #largely #me

I had my life threatened by Bosnian Serbs on numerous occasions. ↗

— John Pomfret

#had #i #life #my life #numerous

People say, what is she thinking? I'm thinking: fun; cash; travel. ↗

— Gail Porter

#fun #i #people #people say #say

I usually dress very casual. Whenever I go out with my friends, I'm always like, 'Can't I just wear sweatpants?' ↗

— Natalie Portman

#casual #dress #friends #go #i

I can do comedy, so people want me to do that, but the other side of comedy is depression. Deep, deep depression is the flip side of comedy. Casting agents don't realize it but in order to be funny you have to have that other side. ↗

— Parker Posey

#casting #comedy #deep #depression #flip

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. ↗

— Colin Powell

#bringing #care #case #concluded #confidence