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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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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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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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 don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it.
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I become more seasoned, it's less interesting to try and compete in the pop market.
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I think if you don't enjoy something, it's not sustainable.
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I feel like if you feel good about a script, and you feel confident about your ability to direct and just capture it right, it's all just, really, really in your favor there.
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Obsolescence never meant the end of anything, it's just the beginning.
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What happens when you're a child professional is that you have to be, well, professional. You're taught not to have tantrums, to always people-please.
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Wouldn't it be great to see a line in all movie credits that truthfully says, 'Nobody was harmed in the making of this film, and at the cast party, all animals got a belly belly belly rub.'
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About my work, my first film, Écoute le Temps (Fissures), was positioned by distributors as a thriller because they thought that it would sell more easily. But it was surely a mistake, as that kind of viewer did not take the bait, and it drew away its potential core audience, those whom I met in festivals and in various Q&As who seem to appreciate that particular kind of cross-over arthouse film.
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I'm blessed. I have a 13-year-old girl's eye and a 14 year-old boy's eye. I've been given the gift of sight by people who decided to donate organs. I try to do as much organ-donor work as I can.
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You seen my shows; I bring the 'hood out.
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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.
