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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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A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth.
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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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So after Another You I ran off to my very own piece of paradise, my home in Hana.
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I just don't want to die alone, that's all. That's not too much to ask for, is it It would be nice to have someone care about me, for who I am, not about my wallet.
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Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.
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I'm slower and some days are better than others, but I'm a fighter.
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I'm not addicted to cocaine. I just like the way it smells.
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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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I expected Dracula to come jumping out any second. If he did I'd have held up a cross, cause he's allergic to bullshit.
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I don't want them hip white people coming up to me and calling me no n - - or telling me n - - jokes. I don't like it.
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I believe in divine forces and energies.
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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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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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Unfortunately, the show's success comes at the expense of its biggest asset -- the comedians themselves.
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In March I had a minor heart attack while I was vacationing in Australia. it scared me, but it was nothing compared to what someone had in store for me down the road.
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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 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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The MS really started going downhill in 1990.
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My grandmother used to discipline me, I mean, beat my ass, and I deserved them, too.
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