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Sidney Poitier

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“Bring out the gif Yes, I love a present on a I do. I know it's what can be really extraordinary to have you all here. And the journey that it took to be here.”
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“I could make a toast. I'd like to make a toast to the forces. I'd like to thank the forces, whatever you choose to call the forces, that allowed me to, at 10 years old, the forces that put me in front of my Magnavox black and white television set to see Sidney Poitier receive the Academy Award and planted that seed. That moment that I saw you, I've told this story many times before, but it is true. The moment that I saw him accept the award for Lilies of the Field, it said to me that this is possible because what your life has meant to all of us says that your love, your sense of honor, your sense of integrity, it is possible for all of us. And so here's to you and here's to your beautiful book, Measure of a Man. Here's to you who I've loved my entire life. And even before I was born. You this What did it mean for you to turn 80?”
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“With little education and no job skills, Sidney Poitier survived the tough streets of New York City, working as a dishwasher until one day he answered an ad for actors.”
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“I know. Well, I called your lovely wife, Joanna, who allows me to talk to Sydney on a regular basis. And I called Joanna and said, I had this idea, and that's how we got them all.”
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“Memories of daddy was when I was a little girl and I get nightmares, and I go and get in the bed with my parents and daddy would say, just sleep on your stomach and the night words will go away and you won't have any anymore. And I did and I really didn't have any nightmares. And I do that to this day.”
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“A great learning lesson, and so did I. He has a lot of patience. To have six daughters, you have to have patience. You know, don't you think, Sidney?”
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“At first, you had said in your book, I waited for the punchline. When the punchline didn't come, I got out of the pool and I walked home. I thought bad of myself. From that moment on, I was just like, something's wrong with me. And I carry that until yesterday.”
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“It's funny when I read the same passage and knowing who you are, I had incidents when I was eight years old and was told I couldn't swim and my friend's pool, his dad came home from work early, saw me in the pool and told me to get out. Why did he tell you to get out? Because I was black. He said my hair Would clog up the pool and”
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“It was 1968 and Dr. Martin Luther King had been assassinated During this turbulent time, Sidney Poitier was breaking down social barriers by starring in the top three films of that year. He made history by playing the romantic lead in a film that was banned in many parts of the South called Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. This was the first film to feature an interracial romance in a positive light.”
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“It amazing, astounding that he was just this boy alone, basically, boy. He was a boy alone, moving on the train, arriving in New York City, trying to figure it out. And in figuring it out, you came to this profound idea, this profound theory of life that you are responsible for you. That happen”
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“Do you think that force was working with you when you first moved to New York City, arriving in the city, not even having adequate clothing and it turns cold and you're in New York City sleeping on the rooftops with not even a coat?”
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“Here your mother was this poor wife of a tomato farmer on Cat Island and she told her that you would see the world and that you would walk with kings. Come on, say Says the soothsayer. I'd like to get her in here today.”
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“Tell the school what you were telling me, you were saying that even now you still see things through the eyes of your mother.”
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“You believe in that definition that I believe in that it's preparation meeting the moment of opportunity, but he does use the word lucky a lot.”
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“The year was 1946 and Sidney Poitier was an understudy with New York's American Negro Theater. On opening night, the lead actor, a young Harry Balafante, couldn't perform, so at the last minute, Sidney Poitier took his place. And as fate would have it, a major casting director was in the audience and made him an offer.”
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“Well, this is what I loved about Tommy. He has four sons, four cute little boys. And you've now taken measure of a man to be your manual for fatherhood.”
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“Then you go home, and then there's the clan waiting for your family. They assumed he is a black boy. In Florida, he would know his place, and he had just arrived and coming from a community where his place was to be wherever he wanted to be.”
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“Young Sydney got a job as a delivery boy for a drugstore when he was 15, but nobody had explained the rules that came with his job and his skin color.”
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“But this is very interesting. I've always thought after reading Measure of a Man, I've wondered what would have happened had you come to the United States at a much younger age? There are many places in the book where we see that your sense of self and character had already been defined by the time you reached the segregated Jim Crow United States. Sidney Poitier's life began on a remote island in the Bahamas called Cat Island. He was the youngest of seven children raised by poor hardworking parents, Evelyn and Reginald. They taught by example the strong values of pride and integrity that have always guided him. Sidney says he never considered the color of his skin while living on Cat Island, but when he was fifteen he left the Bahamas for Miami, where a dangerous world was waiting to define”
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“In the 1967 classic, Sidney Poitier plays a black detective trying to solve a murder in the deep racially explosive south. The original script called for a white business owner to slap Sidney's character in the face. It was then that Sidney Poitier made a stunning suggestion.”
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“And then there's Tiffany, whose mother was doing the same thing to her as you were doing to your sons. Is that not right, saying”
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“25 years ago as a young single mother with two boys, Don says she drew from Sydney Poitier's life to inspire them to greater heights.”
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“Well, Don, I understand that you are probably the only person at this table other than myself who had read the original biography this life many years ago. Why? What was it that had you drawn to Sidney Poitier?”
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“Some of the most racially turbulent times in our American history. City Poitiers shattered stereotypes by becoming Hollywood's first black leading man. In 1964, by winning the Academy Award for Best Actor, he became the first African-American man to be given that honor, and he redefined what was possible for generations to come. So now as he marks the 80th year of a legendary life, Sidney Poitier shares some of his lessons and virtues in his beautifully crafted best-selling spiritual autobiography, The Measure of A Man. What do you think, Mr. Poitier, that all of us are gathered around this table here in the year 2007 to talk about a book that you wrote several years ago and also a book that really is an extension of the first book, This Life That You Wrote, I don't know, when in the 60s. What do you think of that”
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“The main course Wolfgang is cooking up one of Sydney's favorites, chicken with black truffles. Finally, Master Cakemaker Sam Godfrey created his own one-of-a-kind cake. But you cannot judge this book by its cover inside a delicious red velvet cake to match the decor. Our guests even arrive in style. Pulling up to our party in seven brand new Cadillac Escalades, it was a stunning sight. Let the dinner of a lifetime Hello, everybody, and welcome to the famous Spago restaurant. I'm here in Beverly Hills, California, where we've just put the final touches on our dinner of a lifetime. Because today we get to honor someone I've admired my entire life. I'm happy to be able to call him my friend and a personal hero, Sidney Poitier.”
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“Colin literally transformed Spago's private room from the ground up, a rich red carpet was installed just for our event, the walls were lovingly covered in a delicate gray silk fabric, and finish with hand-wrapped red velvet columns. Set the mood, Colin added six Sorovsky crystal scounces and a dazzling chandelier. Top floral designers from Mark's Garden, Broad In, guess how many roses? 4,000. And as a personal touch, which every party should have, we illuminated the room with some of Sidney Poitier's most distinguished virtues, all of which are themes in his book. So we wanted to change the room because he comes to this restaurant all the time. So when he walked in, even he was surprised. Colin was just getting started, though. He created a dinner table that was an absolute feast for the eyes.”
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“Colin says that any spectacular event that you're planning to have starts with the perfect invitation. So our guests receive lush burgundy velvet works of art handmade by Premier New York designer Ellen Weldon. Sidney Poitier's favorite Hollywood restaurant, Spago, Beverly Hills, owned by Chef to the Stars Wolfgang Puck, was just the ideal setting for our dinner of a lifetime.”
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“That's how I feel about him Y'all are good because you didn't even get the invitation and you're crying. That's very good. Well, the entire event was, because you love him too, right? Yeah, we all love him. And have you all read the book? Yes, after you read the book, you love him even more. The entire event was a labor of love, really, from my heart to the man who made me believe that I could dream a bigger dream. Because you all heard me tell this story before. I saw him when I was 10 years old watching him get the Academy Award. And so for a dinner of such magnitude, love truly has to be and was in every detail. To create a magical evening worthy of a true living legend like Sidney Poitier, I called on the best in the business, Colin Coward.”
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“Tiffany Belk said Sidney 40A is the father figure she never had. For Lisa Carney, the measure of a man helped her cope with her divorce.”
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“Brian Doss, a dentist, said discovering Sidney Poitier as a child, helped him escape his racist upbringing. Tommy Hayes Brown told us this book has become a manual for raising his four sons with honor and integrity. Bexy Lane wrote about how Sidney Fortier's story spoke to her about her own possibilities.”
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“After weeks of intense screening, our party list was complete. This is what we did we crossed the country surprising each of our guests with this beautiful invitation because I believe a good party starts with a nice invitation so it lets you know kind of what the party is going to be like you know so if it was plastic you'd have an idea It's velvet, so you have an idea. So here's what happened when they found out that they were coming to dinner. Don Butler, a single mom, said she used Sidney's life story as the guide to raising her two sons. Philip McAdoo assigned his class of innercity teen boys to read The Measure of a Man.”
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“Today, I'm unveiling it all. Every little detail was planned with love for this man who is one of the true loves of my life. His wife knows it too. He was our special guest of honor. This is a book that I have loved for a very long time. It's a spiritual autobiography and it's called The Measure of A Man. In all seven special readers which join Sidney Poitiers for our dinner of a lifetime, the emails poured in from viewers telling us about their personal connections to this book.”
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