Richard Pryor Quotes
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I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.
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Rosa Parks showed us all that one little person can make a whole bunch of noise without so much as a whisper. She showed the world that the color of your skin shouldn't determine what part of the bus you sit in... as you ride through life.
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I just don't want to die alone, that's all. That's not too much to ask for, is it It would be nice to have someone care about me, for who I am, not about my wallet.
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You can have a film and have 200 white people working on it, and nobody finds anything wrong with that. But if you insist on having a black crew, all of a sudden there's something wrong.
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If I ain't horny, I check to see if my heart's beatin'.
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I realized this is what God has dealt me, and I should be thankful considering all that's happened to me in my life, but MS caused the movies to stop - stop dead - and I miss it.
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I was given two weeks to walk again, so I hooked up with a trainer, and he... had me walking. I'll never forget that, it was grueling.
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But for the use of physical punishment by, and fear of their oppressors, animals would never be a part of a circus.
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Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it.
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I expected Dracula to come jumping out any second. If he did I'd have held up a cross, cause he's allergic to bullshit.
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I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.
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Two things people throughout history have had in common are hatred and humour. I am proud that I have been able to use humour to lessen people's hatred.
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There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at.
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A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo.
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The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work.
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Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love.
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I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another.
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I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.
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Imagine people calling you to find out if you're dead. I've led a real crazy life at times, and I've had many strange things happen to me, but that was one of the strangest.
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Now they're calling taking drugs an epidemic - that's cos white folks are doing it.
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There's nothing worse than being an aging young person.
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When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude.
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I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't coming after me!
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No, I'm not dying, and I sure... ain't dead.