I've had it all my life and when it can time for me to start a family, I was quite anxious to do so.

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I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

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To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

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In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.

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If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't.

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I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

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My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.

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I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life.

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

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A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.

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