Richard Pryor Quotes
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Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another.
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I'm 20 years old, and I still love love. I hope I'm sweet. Just your everyday girl.
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If you just storyboard something, you've already planned it, and you're stuck in the limitations of your imagination.
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Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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Hear the other side.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center.
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When I sit down to write a novel, I am exploring my own relationship with God, with the struggle between good and evil, my own purpose.
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I am sure it will be mentioned and debated but from my standpoint I know who is in the Hall of Fame. A lot of them don't belong in the Hall of Fame. If someone wants to debate me, check the stats.
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I feel like woman was brought to this world to have family and kids.
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Think with your whole body.
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Everybody thinks about Bo Derek as being this extravagant looking lady but she is also a wonderful actress.
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I'm very hard on my bags because I tend to carry a lot of stuff with me.
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I don't dictate the solos and I don't dictate the vocal harmonies.
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My message isn't perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.
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I'm not a drummer anymore, on my gravestone, if there is one, if anyone writes anything about me besides hopefully being a dad, it would be that I sang in my band when I was in my 20s. So I was like, 'Yeah, I should probably focus on this a little more,' so I just practiced a lot. (When asked about his singing.)
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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Without husbands, women have to focus on earning more. They work longer hours, they're willing to relocate and they're more likely to choose higher-paying fields like technology.
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Oh, I laugh hard every day. I mean, my husband is Will Smith! I'm telling you, that's one of the joys of being married to him. My life full of laughter. Thank God I have him. My life is full of laughter because of that man.
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I see people, as they approach me, trying to make up their minds whether they'll 'say something about it' or not. I hate if they do, and if they don't.
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It doesn't matter if you're small, big, or fit: if you go in front of the camera and deliver and say, 'Oh my God, I look amazing,' and just be sure about yourself, everything will be perfect.
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Friends take up time, and I didn't have time.
