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Why get killed when you can run ... your ego will heal much faster than a broken jaw.
Richard Pryor
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Richard Pryor
Age: 65 †
Born: 1940
Born: December 1
Died: 2005
Died: December 10
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Peoria
Illinois
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor
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What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound.
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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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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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No, I'm not dying, and I sure... ain't dead.
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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 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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There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground.
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You have to have lived some life. You've got to have paid some dues.
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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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