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" I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing. "
Richard Pryor
Doing
Because
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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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" There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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" Everyone carries around his own monsters. "
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" I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends. "
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" There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at. "
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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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" 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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" I was an only child. "
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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 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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" Friends take up time, and I didn't have time. "
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Time
" Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers. "
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" I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star. "
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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 don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever. "
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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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" 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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" I know that if I wasn't scared, something's wrong, because the thrill is what's scary. "
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