Richard Pryor Quotes
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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'Where is your million-dollar shirt?' I'm like, 'It's underneath these $25 Hanes T-shirts I've got on.'
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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I saw John Garfield smoke. He was my idol, so I smoked. I even smoked like him.
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If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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It kind of varies according to what I'm doing and what my situation is, but, most of the time, I have no idea what I'm doing until the day of.
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Our politicians may fail us, but Status Quo always delivers on the promise.
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I love children and I love men, but I can't commit to either for the rest of my life.
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Many comedians have a dark side that lets them take a negative thing and turn it funny.
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If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.
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Pat Robertson doesn't worship the cross. He worships the fucking dollar sign.
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When they do bring on new people, it's good for the show. It's like getting a new toy. The writers enjoy it because it's a whole new character that they can write for, one that they aren't used to writing for. They can try different things.
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I think I have good judgment.
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When I was growing up, there was hate. I looked around and saw that it was so wrong. I got to go round the world with my rock band, and you can bring harmony.
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My populism doesn't extend to my choice of hotels.
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I just like to bring energy. I always try to create a moment. Memories are important to me, and I like my look to go with the mood or the moment.
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If Paul Ryan wants to talk about the soul of America, I ask him to look into his own soul. Because if he is saying we have no soul, he certainly has a hole in his. He needs to understand that every single person in this country has a right to expect that their government will take care of them in their greatest need.
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I believe there is no part of our lives, our adult as well as child life, when we're not fantasizing, but we prefer to relegate fantasy to children, as though it were some tomfoolery only fit for the immature minds of the young. Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do.
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But we live in an age, ladies and gentlemen, where we are keeping morons alive in our gene pools by putting warnings on items that should not require warnings. The hotel I am staying in has a hair dryer, on the cord of the hair dryer there is a warning and this is what it says: “Warning! Do not use in shower!” Ladies and gentlemen if you have a friend who wants to use their hair dryer in the shower, you let them.
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Hollywood! It’s like an old chair – if it’s useful, keep it; if not, give it to Goodwill.
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What you learn at university is a good discipline but has little relevance to a real job.
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Your heart is sacred land. Don't let just anything enter it. Guard it with your life.
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My grandmother used to discipline me, I mean, beat my ass, and I deserved them, too.
