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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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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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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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 used to live on Riverside Park in New York, on the Upper West Side.
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I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, 'sociologist.'
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I go to museums all the time.
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If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover these precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.
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Under trees, the urban dweller might restore his troubled soul and find the blessing of a creative pause.
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Growing up, I thought my grandfather was dead. Later, I learned he was alive, but my family pretended he didn't exist because of the terrible way he'd abused my grandmother and my mother. He did things like shave my grandmother's head and lock her in a closet. With my mother's help, my grandmother finally left him.
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My grandmother used to discipline me, I mean, beat my ass, and I deserved them, too.
