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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. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#assimilating #attitude #because #could #get

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. ↗

— Richard Pryor

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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

The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#black #boycott #certain #church #films

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

— Manuel Puig

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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man. ↗

— Pliny the Elder

#holds #hope #man #pillar #up

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#make #me #nervous #tardiness

I do take lots of time off between projects, but when the right thing comes along, I don't like to turn it down, I've been doing this for a decade, and I remember what it was like when I started. You spend maybe five percent of your time actually doing it, and the rest of the time, you're trying to get that five percent. ↗

— Bill Pullman

#along #been #between #comes #decade

I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in our schools. ↗

— Philip Pullman

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At a certain age you're always uncertain how other people will take you. ↗

— Al Purdy

#always #certain #certain age #how #other