There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.
DICK GREGORYIf it wasn’t for Abe Lincoln, I’d still be on the open market.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.
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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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I personally would say that the quickest way to wipe out a group of people is to put them on a soul food diet.
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You hear entertainers all the time, saying, ‘If I couldn’t get paid for this, I’d do it for free.’ When’s the last time you ever heard a business person say, ‘If I couldn’t get paid for being chairman of British Petroleum, I’d do it for free?’
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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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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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No kid in the world, no woman in the world should ever raise a hand against a no-good daddy. That’s already been taken care of: A Man Who Destroys His Own Home Shall Inherit the Wind.
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Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.
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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 never thought I’d see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we were in Mississippi.
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In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago, it’s a sport.
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People with high blood pressure, diabetes – those are conditions brought about by lifestyle. If you change the lifestyle, those conditions will leave.
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And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede.
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Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
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