Richard Pryor Quotes
If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.
Quotes to Explore
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I personally love the record-making more than the actually performing and travelling. It's funny, the drastic shift in lifestyle that comes with it. It certainly satisfies my more adventurous side, but it leaves little time for contemplation and all of that.
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I just want to have fun.
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I came to the United States in the early '80s and was welcomed with open arms and given the opportunity to pursue my dreams. God has been very kind to us. My family and I are fortunate enough to be successful and we feel a tremendous responsibility and obligation to give back to our great country.
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Eating constitutes the greatest obstacle to self-control; it gives rise to indolence.
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Manipulated, one manipulates others.
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Do you not think that if all of us come to believe in and abide by these principles, that is, monotheism, worship of God, justice, respect for the dignity of man, belief in the Last Day, we can overcome the present problems of the world
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One trusted machines. But one never expected machines to return the favor.
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Very few of us have our special listening room where we close off the rest of the world and only hear the music. As musicians or as listeners, we're generally interacting with music wherever we are, whether we're on a train or on the street.
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I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name.
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It's cool because I think 'Ex Machina' is a little bit under the radar, which is always when I do my best work - when I feel like no one's paying attention.
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YouTube is so quick and so instant, and you make a video, and you can upload it the same day, whereas with a book, you have to go through a lot of time and a lot of people and a lot of processes. So it was weird to sit down and work with other people on projects, because I'm so independent with YouTube.
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On my darkest days, I wear my brightest colors.
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Lauryn Hill is quite political and is very bold and isn't afraid of wearing her heart on her sleeve, and same with Bjork, except she is a little bit more kind of fragile.
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What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is the Mecca of it all; they're taking it to the hilt.
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I'm not a very good communicator, so maybe that's why I write about talking.
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I feel like we tend to be our own worst critics.
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I can watch a movie about a person that can make me feel depressed or remind me of something else, and then later on I'll get an idea for a song.
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We should teach, particularly ourselves, that nobody is a nobody. We are someone, and with God's help we can accomplish all things.
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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.
