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Life is good for only two things, discovering mathematics and teaching mathematics. ↗

— Simeon Poisson

#good #life #mathematics #only #teaching

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#circumstance #every #i #made #me

Generally, I tend to despise human behavior rather than human creatures. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#creatures #despise #generally #human #human behavior

I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#family #family life #great #how #i

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

— Sidney Poitier

#also #dad #good #good person #individual

We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#loved #perfection #preoccupation #suffer

An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#directors #films #modest #more #number

Far as I can tell, I still have most of my hair, my gut is not hanging over my belt, and I still have all of my teeth. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#far #gut #hair #hanging #i

I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#before #better #day #i #i always

I don't very often read novels. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#novels #often #read #very