We all have a capacity for love, for kindness, for passion.… - Sidney Poitier

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We all have a capacity for love, for kindness, for passion. We also have a capacity for the opposite, but love is infinitely more effective in the world than hate, although they exist as equal opposites.

Sidney Poitier

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Sidney Poitier (20 February 1927 - 7 January 2022) was an Academy award-winning Bahamian-American actor, director, author and diplomat.

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Alternative Names: Sir Sidney Poitier • Sidney L. Poitier

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