#ld

My mother would put me on a wooden box at the stove and tell me to call her if certain things would happen. Like if the steam turns blue, that is danger! ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#box #call #certain #certain things #danger

Some people absorb in different ways. I didn't realize until I was 15 years old how much I retained. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#different #different ways #how #i #much

The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I've got to eat everything on the plate, whether it's good or bad. People would take it as an insult if I did otherwise. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#bad #being #did #down #eat

We had no electricity, no gas. Food was probably our greatest entertainment - the most fun thing that we could do was food. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#electricity #entertainment #food #fun #fun thing

What I think and what the world thinks is totally different. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#i #i think #think #thinks #totally

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

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 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

#damned #day #even #i #i always

A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#back #bed #been #could #first