Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.
DICK GREGORYI believe young voters will either vote for Obama or not vote at all. So the problem is not Obama the problem is the system. If you think about how mess up this country is, most folk really don’t have choices.
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I personally believe breathatarianism to be the highest mode of human living breathing in pure air, absorbing the direct light and energies of the sun, bathing in pure water I look at the obituaries every morning and ain’t nobody listed but you eaters.
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America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don’t misuse a household pet.
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Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother’s milk.
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I tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
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Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don’t have the ability to be lovable.
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When you’ve got something really good, you don’t have to force it on people. They will steal it!
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You know, I always say white is not a color, white is an attitude, and if you haven’t got trillions of dollars in the bank that you don’t need, you can’t be white.
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When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It’s not enough, but it helps.
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Did you know that in New Orleans they still have brown bag parties? What’s that, you ask? You and I go to a party, and when we get to the door, there’s a brown bag hanging down from the ceiling, and if our skin is darker than the brown bag, we can’t go in.
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I used to get letters saying, ‘I didn’t know black children and white children were the same.’
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To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.
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Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can’t afford it.
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It’s cool to be healthy.
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Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: ‘We don’t serve colored people here.’ I said: ‘that’s all right, I don’t eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.
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I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
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