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

Richard Pryor in Guardian Unlimited (UK) (9 August 2004)
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I know that if I wasn't scared, something's wrong, because the thrill is what's scary.

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I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.

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I believe in the institution of marriage and I intend to keep trying until I get it right.

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I was brought up in a whorehouse in Peoria. My mother and father lived there and worked there.

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

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I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.

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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.

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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 nonsense.

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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.

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