Richard Pryor Quotes
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I wrote five issues of that and got the sack. Actually, they paid me for eight, but they changed their minds about the direction and threw three issues out the window.
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My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expected me to skate when they had already paid for the expensive lessons. But, otherwise they said I could do what I wanted to do.
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We all get paid very, very well, and we have responsibilities.
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I'm a New Yorker; I've paid my dues.
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I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.
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Find a way to get paid for doing what you love. Then every paycheck will be a bonus.
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Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour.
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You get paid and you get venerated and worshipped for pretending to be somebody else.
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Men are paid, not merely for what they know, but more particularly for WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT WHICH THEY KNOW.
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And this was the price you paid for sleeping together.
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We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
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O, the difference of man and man! To thee a woman's services are due.
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A smile is often the key thing.One is paid with a smile. One is rewarded with a smile. One is brightened by a smile. And the quality of a smile can make one die.
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I like making money like anybody else, and I'm paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.
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I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this.
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There will be killing till the score is paid.
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You work, you get paid, you drink.
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Some kids want to know why the teachers get paid when it's the kids who have to do all the work.
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I have spent my life going from mania to mania. Somehow it has all paid off.
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I believe L. Ron Hubbard resolved the human mind, and in resolving it he has also resolved human pain - that's what I really think has happened here.
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Christianity has been successfully attacked and marginalized… because those who professed belief were unable to defend the faith from attack, even though its attackers’ arguments were deeply flawed.
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Golf is flexibility, and I notice more guys injured. You can overdo this conditioning.
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Proactive giving is what you do when you've found your passion. It expresses your values, interests and concerns. It engages not just your dollars, but also your mind, time, skills and networks - the philanthropic equivalent of leaning in, rather than leaning back. Most importantly, proactive giving is something you want to do.
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You have to have lived some life. You've got to have paid some dues.
