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Quote by Sidney Poitier
I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my fathers life. – Sidney Poitier

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

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dad
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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

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One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. – George Herbert

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It is a wise father that knows his own child. – William Shakespeare

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A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter. – Euripides

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