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Richard Pryor Quotes: "I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star."

I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "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."

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.




Richard Pryor Quotes: "A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth."

A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "I'm not addicted to cocaine. I just like the way it smells."

I'm not addicted to cocaine. I just like the way it smells.




Richard Pryor Quotes: "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."

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.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I'm just a booty star."

Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I'm just a booty star.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "All humor is rooted in pain."

All humor is rooted in pain.




Richard Pryor Quotes: "I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst . . . In other words, I had a life."

I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst . . . In other words, I had a life.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "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."

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.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "Now they're calling taking drugs an epidemic - that's cos white folks are doing it."

Now they're calling taking drugs an epidemic - that's cos white folks are doing it.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "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!"

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!



Richard Pryor Quotes: "You don't get to be old bein' no fool."

You don't get to be old bein' no fool.




Richard Pryor Quotes: "I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person I play; I have to be that person. I have to do him true."

I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person I play; I have to be that person. I have to do him true.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "Everyone carries around his own monsters."

Everyone carries around his own monsters.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up and be a critic."

I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up and be a critic.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "I'm slower and some days are better than others, but I'm a fighter."

I'm slower and some days are better than others, but I'm a fighter.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "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."

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.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "But for the use of physical punishment by, and fear of their oppressors, animals would never be a part of a circus."

But for the use of physical punishment by, and fear of their oppressors, animals would never be a part of a circus.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers."

Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "There's nothing worse than being an aging young person."

There's nothing worse than being an aging young person.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "I had to stop drinkin, cuz I got tired of waking up in my car driving ninety."

I had to stop drinkin, cuz I got tired of waking up in my car driving ninety.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused."

It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "Have you ever noticed how quiet you get when you go in the woods? It's almost like you know that God's there."

Have you ever noticed how quiet you get when you go in the woods? It's almost like you know that God's there.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "Why get killed when you can run ... your ego will heal much faster than a broken jaw."

Why get killed when you can run ... your ego will heal much faster than a broken jaw.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "When you're running down the street on fire, people get out of your way!"

When you're running down the street on fire, people get out of your way!



Richard Pryor Quotes: "There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground."

There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "I see people as the nucleus of a great idea that hasn't come to be yet."

I see people as the nucleus of a great idea that hasn't come to be yet.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "I went through every phone book in Africa, and I didn't find one god damned Pryor!"

I went through every phone book in Africa, and I didn't find one god damned Pryor!



Richard Pryor Quotes: "Who you gonna believe-me or your lying eyes?"

Who you gonna believe-me or your lying eyes?



Richard Pryor Quotes: "I live in racist America and I'm uneducated, yet a lot of people love me and like what I do, and I can make a living from it. You can't do much better than that."

I live in racist America and I'm uneducated, yet a lot of people love me and like what I do, and I can make a living from it. You can't do much better than that.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "I bought my parents a home before they died, and they got to see that I was going to be all right. They always thought I would go someplace."

I bought my parents a home before they died, and they got to see that I was going to be all right. They always thought I would go someplace.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad I'm out and that I plan never to go back and to pay my taxes every day."

I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad I'm out and that I plan never to go back and to pay my taxes every day.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution."

What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "Most people that you talk to, they's intelligent. Like I said, "Most people.""

Most people that you talk to, they's intelligent. Like I said, "Most people."



Richard Pryor Quotes: "What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound."

What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "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."

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.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "You have to have lived some life. You've got to have paid some dues."

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



Richard Pryor Quotes: "You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff."

You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude."

When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another."

I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "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."

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.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "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."

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.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at."

There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo."

A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends."

I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been told by almost everyone it was an ex-wife - I've had a few so it's hard to pinpoint which one - but who knows for sure?"

Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been told by almost everyone it was an ex-wife - I've had a few so it's hard to pinpoint which one - but who knows for sure?



Richard Pryor Quotes: "Friends take up time, and I didn't have time."

Friends take up time, and I didn't have time.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "So after Another You I ran off to my very own piece of paradise, my home in Hana."

So after Another You I ran off to my very own piece of paradise, my home in Hana.



Richard Pryor Quotes: "Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense."

Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense.