American - Comedian | August 4, 1941 -
I have such an ego 'cause I'm a double Leo. I can't let go of me, you know, so it's very difficult for me to be somebody else and not me. I'm so into me.
Paul Mooney
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I have nothing to do with racism in America; it was here when I got here.
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If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they're not happy.
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I'm like the Davy Crockett of comedy... after Davy Crockett opened up the West and helped everybody... they didn't need him anymore. I freed a lot of comics... if I never would have done comedy, it would've been a different art form... I'm sure of it.
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People think you're crazy if you turn money down... people worship money.
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Robin Williams learned technique. He has the technique of being funny.
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I've never seen anyone more messed up over success than Richard Pryor. For him, it's a constant battle between success in the white world and keeping it real for his black self.
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You white folks see UFOs in your dreams. You don't hear about Martians in Harlem.
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There are still plenty of movie people peddling black stereotypes. I guess Tyler Perry's probably the most massively successful.
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If you're happy with what you're doing, then you don't get bored.
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America is racial. America was founded on race. Race is America. The code name for America is 'race.'
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Comedians period, in general, have demons, and myself included.
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