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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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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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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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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There comes a point when you can more or less count the number of books you're going to write before you die.
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Shakespeare is all big themes, like the most amazing love, or the most scary war.
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People just wanna talk. They wanna create negative things about you and your life and make up things. You can't let them affect you!
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There's always going to be something positive that can come out of any negative situation.
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Some things are more precious because they don't last long.
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[On vanity:] The nose of Cleopatra: if it had been shorter, the face of the earth would have changed.
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Anything that Aaron Sorkin writes, I could watch a million times. One of the few shows that I've watched in repeats was 'The West Wing.'
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I'm trying to get away from trashing women, to be honest. I think I've done enough of that in my career.
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It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion.
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My grandmother used to discipline me, I mean, beat my ass, and I deserved them, too.
