Sidney Poitier

My father was very big on marriage.

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.

My parents met in Kenya. My father is African, is Kenyan. The Kenyan side of my family was involved in the anti-colonial movement.

Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.