#use

We didn't do wrong things because we didn't want to embarrass our parents. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#embarrass #our #parents #things #want

I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't coming after me! ↗

— Richard Pryor

#america #car #cause #coming #feel

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

You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#made #off #offends #played #record

I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#because #doing #enjoyed #i #performer

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

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

— Richard Pryor

#been #chance #had #i #me

Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#deal #feelings #lawyers #marriage #really

I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#began #i #immigration #issue #needed

I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#childhood #copies #excited #films #finished