Richard Pryor Quotes
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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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I love show business. I wake up every morning and kiss it.
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You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff.
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I went through every phone book in Africa, and I didn't find one god damned Pryor!
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The MS really started going downhill in 1990.
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Most people that you talk to, they's intelligent. Like I said, "Most people."
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It's so much easier for me to talk about my life in front of two thousand people than it is one-to-one. I'm a real defensive person, because if you were sensitive in my neighborhood you were something to eat.
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Why get killed when you can run ... your ego will heal much faster than a broken jaw.
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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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I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends.
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I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst . . . In other words, I had a life.
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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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The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit.
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I'm slower and some days are better than others, but I'm a fighter.
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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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That's insanity. We must be good all the time.
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I don't want to go through life as a Wonder Wheel murderer!
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It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.
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I bought my parents a home before they died, and they got to see that I was going to be all right. They always thought I would go someplace.
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I wanna grow up and be a critic.