Richard Pryor Quotes
Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been told by almost everyone it was an ex-wife - I've had a few so it's hard to pinpoint which one - but who knows for sure?
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I started reading seriously at seven or eight, books about myths and legends, the Narnia series. By the time I was 11, I had read all the children's books in my local library, so I moved on to 'Jane Eyre.' What I loved about Jane Eyre was that she didn't rely on her looks but her character. She had a spirit nobody could break.
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We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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When you are writing a book, it feels as if you are simply concentrating on the world of the book and that whatever is happening in your personal life is outside the room, as it were. But maybe that's just the way you have to talk to yourself to make it possible.
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The beautiful thing about theater is every night is an opportunity to incorporate what you discovered the night before.
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As a member of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, I am a firm believer in the American space program.
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I feel sorry for people who only know comic books through movies. I really do.
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I don't have friends, and it's hard for me to make new friends. Right now, the people that are in my life are the people that I work with.
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Chemotherapy isn't easy. I felt very fortunate I wouldn't have to go through that.
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Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.
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The monastic man is an artist.The philosopher Appoints man’s place in music, say, today. But the priest desires. The philosopher desires.And not to have is the beginning of desire. To have what is not is its ancient cycle.
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All those angry, uneducated Trump supporters seemed to understand what his policies were. They figured it out by listening to him. It was only fair. No one listened to Trump, except the voters; and no one listened to the voters, except Trump.
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I'm not saying everything in Sweden is perfect, because it's not. But it is interesting having grown up in a social democratic country such as Sweden and then watching what's going on in the U.S. and the income disparity.
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I try to do everything from the viewpoint of what's best for my kids. I have three kids and two great dads and it's not always easy, but you have to try to be a little selfless and we manage just fine.
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I have a very normal life. I go to the grocery store, I go to Target. I don't have an assistant, I don't have an entourage.
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It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow.
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Today, I, too, wish to reaffirm that I intend to continue on the path toward improved relations and friendship with the Jewish people, following the decisive lead given by John Paul II.
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Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand;Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
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I always say that I was dancing and acting in the belly. I feel like it's something I was born with and inspired by my family since I grew up backstage, watching them perform. I guess it was just a natural path for me.
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Mark Wahlberg's, like, 150 pounds! I'm 250 lean. I look like Mark Wahlberg ate Mark Wahlberg.
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Life is full of temporary situations, ultimately ending in a permanent solution.
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I fear three newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets.
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Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been told by almost everyone it was an ex-wife - I've had a few so it's hard to pinpoint which one - but who knows for sure?
