#pry

When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point of view, you don't pry into other people's business. ↗

— Maya Lin

#because #building #business #i #into

So I started to relax and would work on my act eight hours a day, sitting at a desk writing at my grandmother's house, and I would put on Richard Pryor Live on Long Beach and would play it like a loop and think and write. ↗

— George Lopez

#beach #day #desk #eight #grandmother

I think seeing Pryor's first movie, Live In Concert, when I was in high school changed my life. Pryor really put the heart in darkness for me. ↗

— Marc Maron

#concert #darkness #first #heart #high

When I was a bit older I had all of the George Carlin records, all of the Steve Martin records, all of the Cheech and Chong records and all of the Richard Pryor records. ↗

— Marc Maron

#carlin #george #george carlin #had #i

It means so much being a part of country music and the Opry. ↗

— Martina McBride

#country #country music #means #much #music

Everyone has a book inside of them - but it doesn't do any good until you pry it out. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#book #everyone #good #inside #out

There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge. ↗

— Charley Pride

#charge #entertainer #gives #intimacy #opry

I had seen movies before that that had made me laugh, but I had never seen anything even remotely close to as funny as Richard Pryor was, just standing there talking. ↗

— Joe Rogan

#before #close #even #funny #had