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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 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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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'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.
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Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I'm just a booty star.
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Crosses only scare vampires away because they're allergic to bullshit.
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Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.
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My grandmother used to discipline me, I mean, beat my ass, and I deserved them, too.
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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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I believe in divine forces and energies.
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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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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 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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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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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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I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star.
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I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.
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Why get killed when you can run ... your ego will heal much faster than a broken jaw.
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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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No, I'm not dying, and I sure... ain't dead.
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He's just always positive. He's always smiling and he's always trying.
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