Paul Mooney Quotes

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• I have nothing to do with racism in America; it was here when I got here.
• Julie Christie, I used to hang out with her. She was friends with Richard Pryor and Warren Beatty and all of them. There was a…
• Robin Williams learned technique. He has the technique of being funny.
• I was born a comic.
• I think about never losing my voice, never giving in, never selling out, always keeping black, always sticking to the street. Staying neighborhood and not…
• When I was 16 or 17, I saw Lenny Bruce being taken to jail. They took him off stage because he talked about race.
• I think I have a mental nappy attitude.
• I do celebrate anything with freedom in it, you know.
• Comedians period, in general, have demons, and myself included.
• What does America love more than one white male?
• The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats.
• I like comedy, I mean, in all forms.
• An audience can be like a pack of wolves.
• I got my sense of humor from my grandmother. You know, my grandmother was very funny.
• Arizona has always been anti-black.
• I could drop dead tomorrow, the truth will be here. Truth is forever; when you read our history, truth is forever, and it always outs…
• Tennessee Williams knew about the South, but he would clean it up and lie about it.

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