I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.

Quote by Richard Pryor

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Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been...

Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been...

I know that if I wasn't scared, something's wrong, because the thrill is what's scary.

I know that if I wasn't scared, something's wrong, because the thrill is what's scary.

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

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

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

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

I was an only child.

I was an only child.

I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So...

I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So...

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

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

Everyone carries around his own monsters.

Everyone carries around his own monsters.

A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure...

A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure...

Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the...

Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the...

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

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

I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female...

I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female...

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

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

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.

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

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

Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the...

Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the...

I just don't want to die alone, that's all. That's not too much to ask...

I just don't want to die alone, that's all. That's not too much to ask...

I believe in divine forces and energies.

I believe in divine forces and energies.

I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can...

I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can...

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.