Richard Pryor Quotes
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There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at.
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There's nothing worse than being an aging young person.
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Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense.
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What I never understand about a hangover is, where does the breath come from? You know what I mean? I mean, is someone shitting in your mouth?
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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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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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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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When you're running down the street on fire, people get out of your way!
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Freebase? What's free about it?
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What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution.
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I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I'll get it right one day.
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I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female people or gay people.
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Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property.
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Have you ever noticed how quiet you get when you go in the woods? It's almost like you know that God's there.
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Who you gonna believe-me or your lying eyes?
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The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too?
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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?
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Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.
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I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.
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If you want a friend, you don't buy a friend, Eric, you earn a friend through love and trust and respect.
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I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever.
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He's just always positive. He's always smiling and he's always trying.
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I went through every phone book in Africa, and I didn't find one god damned Pryor!