Richard Pryor Quotes
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It is of course very difficult to see relations between America and Iran becoming increasingly tense and knowing that it is not the people of the countries but a subset of leaders and radicals that are causing such strife. I am hoping that the spirit of the people will triumph.
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I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.
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The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind.
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When you have all these traces of trash moving around, you can ask yourself how can we make the system more efficient. Then we can make better decisions. And perhaps we will not throw away the plastic bottles that go every day to the dump.
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Taylor's first four albums have been certified platinum a combined 21 times, but despite her unprecedented success in country music, '1989' is strictly pop.
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Nothing can make you more humble than pain.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.
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As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.
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I have a feeling when I'm 80 years old I'm going to get a phone call: There's going to be another Rocky.
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I didn't get anything published until I was thirty-three, and yet I'd written five novels and six or seven plays. The plays, I should point out, were dreadful.
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Les Miserables is one of my favorite stories.
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I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.
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As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can.
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I think there's an abundance of talent in America and there will never be not a lot of talent out there.
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Before you have kids, you're like, 'I hope I don't die on this plane,' or, 'I hope I don't die crossing the street.' It's all me, me, me. 'What do I want to eat? What do I want to do?' But when you have a baby, and you would just happily stand in front of a bus to save her, it's a ferocious commitment to protecting your charge.
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It was a great way to work. In those days, you had to be there. It was your world. It was your club. Your friends were there, your associates were there, your security was there.
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I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top.
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We have a company, Geometric Software, which is into engineering services software. We have a company called Nature's Basket, which is into gourmet retailing. Both are specialized companies.
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I think gay people deserve all the same rights as everybody else, it's just that marriage is specifically for a man and a woman.
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Build a lifestyle around your brand, and the audience will follow.
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People look at me and keep walking - but you can tell they know who I am. I want them to bug me. Its gonna be a sad day when they dont.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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There's nothing worse than being an aging young person.
