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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.
Richard Pryor
I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.
Richard Pryor
I believe in divine forces and energies.
Richard Pryor
I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.
Richard Pryor
I don't want to go through life as a Wonder Wheel murderer!
Richard Pryor
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
You gotta be cool when you're macho man, cuz you can't be sensitive and care about someone having a good time in bed, cuz that's too scary... When you don't use sensitivity when you're having sex, or share some of your soul, nothing gonna happen, because men really get afraid. Men really get scared in bed.
Richard Pryor
I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up and be a critic.
Richard Pryor
...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
Rosa Parks showed us all that one little person can make a whole bunch of noise without so much as a whisper. She showed the world that the color of your skin shouldn't determine what part of the bus you sit in... as you ride through life.
Richard Pryor
What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound.
Richard Pryor
Make sure the check you write to a charity doesn't pay for cruel experiments on animals. Your donation should help end suffering - not cause it.
Richard Pryor
They were brought out of Africa and into chains in America. Or they were born into slavery here. Yes, I am talking about the first African-Americans to reach these shores, but I am also describing the animals now enslaved in circuses. The species and continents are different, but the stories are tragically similar. The animals in circuses are held against their will by chains and domination. They are forced to perform a series of acts by coercion and violence because they would never normally do these things on their own. They can never choose their own partners, their own homes, their own food or have control over any aspect of their lives. I don't care how this is dressed up by promoters with music and lights, it is still slavery.
Richard Pryor
The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit.
Richard Pryor
Let me tell you what really happened... Every night before I go to bed, I have milk and cookies. One night I mixed some low-fat milk and some pasteurized, then I dipped my cookie in and the shit blew up.
Richard Pryor
Everyone carries around his own monsters.
Richard Pryor
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
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
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
Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense.
Richard Pryor
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
I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends.
Richard Pryor
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