Richard Pryor Quotes

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• I'm not addicted to cocaine. I just like the way it smells.

  Richard Pryor

  Smell, Drug Addiction, Way

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  A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth.

  Richard Pryor

  Art, Lying, World

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  Two things people throughout history have had in common are hatred and humour. I am proud that I have been able to use humour to lessen people's hatred.

  Richard Pryor

  Two, People, Hatred

  2004 InThe Scotsman, 5 Jun.

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  The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit.

  Richard Pryor

  Atheist, People, Bullshit

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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.

  Richard Pryor

  Thanksgiving, Believe, Struggle

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• I had to stop drinkin, cuz I got tired of waking up in my car driving ninety.

  Richard Pryor

  Funny, Drinking, Tired

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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.

  Richard Pryor

  Worst, Great Things, Bad Things

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• All humor is rooted in pain.

  Richard Pryor

  Pain, Humour, Rooted

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• There's nothing worse than being an aging young person.

  Richard Pryor

  Comedy, Aging, Young

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• What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound.

  Richard Pryor

  Profound, Might, Profanity

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• I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female people or gay people.

  Richard Pryor

  Gay, People, Black

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• When you're running down the street on fire, people get out of your way!

  Richard Pryor

  Running, Fire, People

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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.

  Richard Pryor

  Bitterness, Want, Too Much

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• You don't get to be old bein' no fool.

  Richard Pryor

  Fool

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• I see people as the nucleus of a great idea that hasn't come to be yet.

  Richard Pryor

  Ideas, People, Nucleus

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• Now they're calling taking drugs an epidemic - that's cos white folks are doing it.

  Richard Pryor

  Epidemics, White, Drug

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• Rosa Parks showed us all that one little person can make a whole bunch of noise without so much as a whisper. She showed the world that the color of your skin shouldn't determine what part of the bus you sit in... as you ride through life.

  Richard Pryor

  Color, Skins, Parks

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• Everyone carries around his own monsters.

  Richard Pryor

  Monsters, Carrie

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Richard Pryor

  Laughter, Laughing, Lines

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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!

  Richard Pryor

  Funny, White, Zimbabwe

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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.

  Richard Pryor

  Woods, Quiet, Like You

  "The time of his life" by William Cook, www.theguardian.com. June 7, 2004.

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• Who you gonna believe-me or your lying eyes?

  Richard Pryor

  Lying, Believe, Eye

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

  Richard Pryor

  Attitude, No Money

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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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  Beautiful, Nice, Struggle

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• If I ain't horny, I check to see if my heart's beatin'.

  Richard Pryor

  Heart, Horny, Checks

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