Richard Pryor Quotes

When I was in Africa, this voice came to me and said, "Richard, what do you see?" I said, "I see all types of people." The voice said, "But do you see any niggers?" I said, "No." It said, "Do you know why? 'Cause there aren't any."

Richard Pryor

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I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour.

Xavier Niel
- American
- Said
- Once
High fashion has become representative of stability in unstable places; that allows you to have a voice in the world stage.

Hailey Gates
- World
- High
- Fashion
Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter.

Gabrielle Zevin
- Remember
- Write
- Type
I didn't really like my Sydney accent - nobody likes the sound of their own voice - and when I was a little younger tried to change my accent gradually. But I've only ever really lived in Sydney and Los Angeles, so I haven't been influenced by the accents of some far-off land.

Callan McAuliffe
- Change
- Voice
- Los Angeles
I try to beat back the producers and engineers so they - there's not an excess of stuff used to squeeze my voice to make it artificial. There's a person in there, and people will listen; if they hear another person speak to them, they'll listen because it's lonely out here.

Iggy Pop
- People
- Voice
- Lonely
The fact to the matter is, we never developed a comprehensive strategy to deal with radical Islam. And the 9/11 commission said one of the things we must do is develop a global alliance to combat it.

Jack Keane
- Said
- Strategy
- Islam