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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 to have someone care about me, for who I am, not about my wallet. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#alone #am #ask #be nice #care

I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I'll get it right one day. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#again #being #day #ever #get

I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#about #believe #big #blessed #clear

If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#being #bitter #could #feel #i

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

— Richard Pryor

#alone #another #come #die #dying

I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad I'm out and that I plan never to go back and to pay my taxes every day. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#back #day #every #every day #except

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

— Richard Pryor

#gonna #hour #i #laugh #like

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#certain #feel #happy #i #idiot

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#backwards #come #curious #forward #grandparents

I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years of reading English at Oxford, and they'd never told me about something as basic as the importance of point of view in fiction! ↗

— Philip Pullman

#basic #british #education #english #entire