Richard Pryor Quotes
I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst . . . In other words, I had a life.Richard Pryor
Quotes to Explore
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I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture of the two involved.
K. D. Lang -
Vulnerable young women are being brainwashed by the radical lies of ISIS militants in the Middle East.
Dana Perino -
The colonial period has been the proving ground in America for the new social history, which concentrates on the ordinary doings of ordinary people rather than on high culture and high politics. Unfortunately ordinary people, almost by definition, leave behind only faint traces of their existence.
Edmund Morgan -
Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
D. W. Griffith -
It's always fun when people ask you for advice.
Carine Roitfeld -
When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit.
Nandan Nilekani
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In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.
Barack Obama -
I was told so many times when I was a kid, 'I can't be friends with you, you're too intense, you're too sad all the time.' I really thought that when I made the first album that everyone would understand me, all the people who weren't my friends would become my friends.
Fiona Apple -
We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.
Warren Buffett -
Basically, as soon as I saw that there was a role available on '24,' I jumped at it, and then when I sat down and talked to them, it seemed to get more interesting and more fun.
Katee Sackhoff -
Pace, like everything else in writing, involves a trade-off. If you're not offering the reader a lot of action to keep her interested, you must offer something else in its stead. Slow pace is ideal for complex character development, detailed description, and nuances of style.
Nancy Kress -
Dilip Kumar was the only Bollywood hero who could make a girl shiver just by looking at her. If you don't believe it, ask your mom!
Imtiaz Ali
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Which is not to discount everything I've done in my past; everything I have learned tremendously from.
Rachel True -
I don't love traveling, because I'm never home. It's hard when you have a family.
Kelly Clarkson -
I dont think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you dont discourage something that may be rather nice.
Linda Ronstadt -
It's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done.
Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day -
I feel like the sixties is about to happen. It feels like a period in the future to me, rather than a period in the past.
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings -
Music I can discover a part of myself that I haven't been able to for a long time, and acting is the opposite. I'm in love with both of them and I would never choose one over the other.
Tammin Sursok
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I had a sense when I took the job that the 1976-77 Trail Blazers could be very good. We had made a lot of positive roster changes, but it wasn't until I had the team in training camp that I realized that this team could be special. Midway through that season, I felt we had a chance to win it all.
Jack Ramsay -
The worst thing to do with success, is to boast about it.
Oscar Wilde -
My kids aren't celebrities. They never made that bargain. We were offered a lot of money to sell pictures of our kids when they were born. You'll notice there aren't any. I make no judgment about people who decide differently; a lot of them give the money to charity. For me, it was a matter of principle.
Ben Affleck -
We are so made that we can derive intense enjoyment only from a contrast.
Sigmund Freud -
I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst . . . In other words, I had a life.
Richard Pryor