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 always make sure there’s an opening in my room - an inch at the door, or maybe even at the window. My grandmother taught me that if one dies during sleep, the soul needs an exit, or it will be forever trapped in the room.
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An intelligence analyst may attribute an attack to al Qaeda, whereas a policy maker could opt for the more general 'extremist.'
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Happiness and self-confidence come naturally when you feel yourself moving and progressing toward becoming the very best person you can possibly be.
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I see times in my life and career where I was part of the problem whether I was unaware or too scared to speak up. I want to help make it better.
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You have to have lived some life. You've got to have paid some dues.
