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Quotes from The Measure of a Man — Sidney Poitier

1927–2022 United States

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I’ve learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me. I have to try to find a way to channel that anger to the positive, and the highest positive is forgiveness.

The Measure of a Man (2000)

Forgiveness works two ways, in most instances. People have to forgive themselves too. The powerful have to forgive themselves for their behavior. That should be a sacred process.

The Measure of a Man (2000)

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