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All Quotes by author - Richard Pryor

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

" Everyone carries around his own monsters. "

" Friends take up time, and I didn't have time. "

" I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star. "

" I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing. "

" 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. "

" I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever. "

Getting Married

" If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another. "

" It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused. "

" I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends. "

" I was an only child. "

" 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! "

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

" 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. "

Friends And Family

" 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. "

" There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground. "

" There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

" When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude. "

" 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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