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Richard Pryor

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

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

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"Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I'm just a booty star."

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"What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution."

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"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?"

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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 realized this is what God has dealt me, and I should be thankful considering all that's happened to me in my life, but MS caused the movies to stop - stop dead - and I miss it."

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