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All humor is rooted in pain.
Richard Pryor
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Richard Pryor
Age: 65 †
Born: 1940
Born: December 1
Died: 2005
Died: December 10
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Film Director
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Peoria
Illinois
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor
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But for the use of physical punishment by, and fear of their oppressors, animals would never be a part of a circus.
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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 divine forces and energies.
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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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You don't get to be old bein' no fool.
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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 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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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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What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound.
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He's just always positive. He's always smiling and he's always trying.
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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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