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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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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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Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense.
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You can have a film and have 200 white people working on it, and nobody finds anything wrong with that. But if you insist on having a black crew, all of a sudden there's something wrong.
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I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.
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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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You don't get to be old bein' no fool.
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I believe in divine forces and energies.
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Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.
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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.
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All humor is rooted in pain.
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Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.
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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.
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What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound.
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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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No, I'm not dying, and I sure... ain't dead.
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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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Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it.
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What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution.
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I don't want to go through life as a Wonder Wheel murderer!
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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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