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The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.

Tom Waits

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4 years ago

I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

Tom Waits

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

The two main treats of the world of total transparency are its hyper-dynamics (because everything is shifting at a mind-blowing speed) and an immeasurably higher dose of ethics.

Maxim Behar

added by MaximBehar
4 years ago

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

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

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

Richard Pryor

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4 years ago

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

Richard Pryor

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4 years ago

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

Richard Pryor

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4 years ago

Everyone carries around his own monsters.

Richard Pryor

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4 years ago

There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything - millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle for peace.

Richard Pryor

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4 years ago

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

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4 years ago

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.

Richard Pryor

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4 years ago

Imagine people calling you to find out if you're dead. I've led a real crazy life at times, and I've had many strange things happen to me, but that was one of the strangest.

Richard Pryor

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4 years ago

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

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4 years ago

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

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

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

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4 years ago

Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.

Richard Pryor

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4 years ago

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

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4 years ago

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

Richard Pryor

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

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

Richard Pryor

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4 years ago

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

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4 years ago

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

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

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.

Richard Pryor

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4 years ago

I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing.

Richard Pryor

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4 years ago

I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So I went to work, taking any jobs I could get.

Richard Pryor

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

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