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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.

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

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There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground.

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Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love.

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I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I'll get it right one day.

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I was an only child.

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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.

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The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too?

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I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another.

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When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: December 1st, 1940

Died: December 10th, 2005

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