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You have to have lived some life. You've got to have paid some dues.

Richard Pryor

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Richard Pryor
Age: 65 †
Born: 1940
Born: December 1
Died: 2005
Died: December 10
Autobiographer
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Director
Journalist
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Producer
Peoria
Illinois
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor
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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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