Richard Pryor Quotes
I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad I'm out and that I plan never to go back and to pay my taxes every day.
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Because these kids get away from their parents, and they binge drink until they are sick. Dozens of them are going to the hospital, and some of them dying. This is a problem, a big problem that needs to be addressed, and we need accurate information.
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The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.
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I always tell students that writing a poem and publishing it are two quite separate things, and you should write what you have to write, and if you're afraid it's going to upset someone, don't publish it.
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The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
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The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.
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I'm always looking to do things that are really different from each other.
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One nice thing about making jokes is that you don't have to prove them.
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What you learn is that you can't please everyone all the time.
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I want to say very clearly that the government... is ready to intervene in order to guarantee the stability of banks and the savings of our citizens.
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Good-looking people turn me off. Myself included.
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Sometimes I wish I was more comfortable just saying what I thought and getting my point across.
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I have an existential crisis every time I walk into a bookshop, knowing that I'm not going to read all the books before I die.
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I have a feeling we are going to be world champions, I can't really explain why. Brazil are probably the best team in the world in terms of individual players. But the team with the most gifted players do not always win.
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What is it in people, or just in people like me, that would rather let a lie go by, would rather wish it away or minimize it, than point it out and cause the liar embarrassment?
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Tall windows show Infinity; And, hard reality, The candles weep and pry and dance Like lives mocked at by Chance. The rooms are vast as Sleep within; When once I ventured in, Chill Silence, like a surging sea, Slowly enveloped me.
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I have always looked after the little things of my business; weightier matters will take care of themselves.
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There's something that comes into you that's so exciting when you're directing.
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Oh well, when I was younger I was known for breaking hearts. I am the kind of person that falls passionately in love but then a couple of months down the line, I fall out of love.
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Truth is not always a pleasant thing.
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My own growth comes not (just) individually, but mainly as part of a greater change for the better.
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With the smile that was childlike and bland.
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I've always been a fan of AXE and when I heard about their new product and they sent it out to me for me to try and smell and I was like, oh man. It's hard for me to talk about something I don't care about or I'm not really into but once I tried it out for myself I was like, wow okay I can get into this [ collaboration].
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We can say, 'OK, I'm going to be in the car for an hour; what can I do to improve my quality of life during that hour?'
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I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad I'm out and that I plan never to go back and to pay my taxes every day.
