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Richard Pryor

(1940–2005) Television Actor United States

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Richard Pryor was a television actor from the United States, best known for Pryor convictions, and other life sentences.

Quick Facts About Richard Pryor

Born: December 1, 1940
Died: December 10, 2005
Nationality: United States
Profession: Television Actor
Notable works: Pryor convictions, and other life sentences
Spouse: Flynn Belaine

About Richard Pryor

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential comedians of all time. Pryor won a Primetime Emmy Award and five Grammy Awards. He received the first Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 1998. He won the Writers Guild of America Award in 1974.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special Writers Guild of America Award Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

Quotes by Richard Pryor

It's so much easier for me to talk about my life in front of two thousand people than it is one-to-one. I'm…

Easier

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A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at…

Bed

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

Fire

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No, I'm not dying, and I sure... ain't dead.

Death

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Freebase? What's free about it?

Freedom

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I'm not for integration and I'm not against it.

Integration

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

Feelings

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

Calling

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What I never understand about a hangover is, where does the breath come from? You know what I mean? I mean, is…

Breaths

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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…

Ability

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

Made

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I don't want to go through life as a Wonder Wheel murderer!

Life

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Do you know how you felt when you would lean all the way back in a chair, and just before you were…

Chairs

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

Alcohol

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

Broken

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I live in racist America and I'm uneducated, yet a lot of people love me and like what I do, and I…

America

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I love show business. I wake up every morning and kiss it.

Business

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

One liner

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The MS really started going downhill in 1990.

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

Dues

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

Fool

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He's just always positive. He's always smiling and he's always trying.

Always smile

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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…

Being nice

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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…

America

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

Deep

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