Richard Pryor Quotes
The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work.
Quotes to Explore
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President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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Our leaders are acting like lemmings.
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If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
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They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army – thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old.
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I am fighting my natural body shape to do what I do.
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I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.
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If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections.
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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
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The man who would forge to the front in this competitive age must be a man of prompt and determined decision.
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First of all, I want to thank the Buccaneers for giving me the opportunity and for picking me in the draft. This is the nature of the beast, though, and this is a new start for me. I wish them the best of luck, and I am just glad to be a Bear.
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I believe in my privacy. I always have, and I always will. I don't think that my private life needs to be on display for me to get a better response at the box office or for me to get a better choice of movies.
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If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it.
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I wondered how they would top the Pirates and skeletons and moonlight, because that's a pretty cool concept.
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Camel caravans bear witness guns to Caesar. Hordes crawl and seep inside the walls. The streets flow stone. Life goes on absorbing war. Violence kills the temple of no sex.
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Anyone can forget about talent, but if you're also a good person, your name will be remembered for a long time.
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A good traveler is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveler does not know where he came from.
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I can't imagine dating someone famous. I try to stay away from that as much as I can.
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I am working here Amsterdam on my last big triptych, which will be a tremendous story, and which gives me a more intense life and exhilaration. My God, life is worth living!
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Only in Canada could somebody with a voice like mine win 'Vocalist of the Year'.
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My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay, Madras and Delhi where there is a Bengali population.
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
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I wish my parents hadn't made me feel that how I looked was linked to how much they loved me. But I do also see how hard it must be to see your child pile on the pounds and trust they'll find their own way back to a healthy weight.
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The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work.
