Richard Pryor Quotes
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I really wanted to break the mold of what modern touring is right now.
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You want good ratings, you want people to like the show, you want to be appreciated for the hard work you put in. You don't always get it. Every show is not beloved.
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There's always a theme I'm drawn to, that we humans are not good or bad. We're all a mixture of both. We can have great compassion or commit great violence.
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Craigslist is not only gigantic in scale and totally resistant to business cooperation, it is also mostly free.
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It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically different circumstances is only the form in which these laws expose themselves.
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The Katrina matter was terrible.
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It was not love at all, really, but rather a yearning for the honor and respect of the other men that held them. Pride, then... Indeed, all their connection with each other at this moment was tied up with the respect they felt they were earning by their actions.
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it will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.
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The royal duty of non-opposition is a reminder that the legitimacy of government is founded on the consent of the people, who may withdraw their mandate at any time if they lose confidence in the ability of the ruler to serve their best interests.
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One of the benefits of having an audience is that it requires a regimen, a need to create on a regular basis. I don't believe in waiting for the muse to visit.
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I grew up in a tiny village on top of a mountain and have been skiing and singing all my life!
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My grandmother, she say I shouldn't be playing. I should go to church. Fially, I say I'm going do this, I'm going do it. And she got where she didn't bother me about it.
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Everything around me inspires and influences me. Mainly love - falling in it, losing it, loving it and hating it.
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I have a huge chip on my shoulder.
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When I dress up in costume, it always starts with the wig for me. Big wigs and big headpieces are so fun, and they give you confidence and make you feel powerful.
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As the publisher of the 'Tory,' I strive to defend the pillars of Western civilization against the distractions of diversity.
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The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
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Most people feel weird about white heels, but I love them and wear them with everything, especially when I need to mix up an all-black outfit.
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A few years ago no hotel or restaurant in Boston refused Negro guests; now several hotels, restaurants, and especially confectionary stores, will not serve Negroes, even the best of them.
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Bowie is just a persona. He's a singer, an entertainer. David Jones is a man I met.
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Insanity is knowing that what you're doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can't stop it.
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We're going off the rails on a crazy train.
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That's insanity. We must be good all the time.
