Richard Pryor Quotes

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Richard Pryor

Profession : Actor

Birth : December 1, 1940

Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.

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Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.

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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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There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything - millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle for peace.

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Everyone carries around his own monsters.

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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 believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.

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What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution.

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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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I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.

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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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Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I'm just a booty star.

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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 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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I know that if I wasn't scared, something's wrong, because the thrill is what's scary.

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I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So I went to work, taking any jobs I could get.

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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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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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I'm not for integration and I'm not against it.

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