My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
DICK GREGORYI 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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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn’t stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.
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Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.
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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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I wouldn’t mind paying taxes – if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
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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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Even though he understood the depths of racism and black oppression, Ali lived his life as a free man—a free loving and lovable man.
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The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.
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When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship.
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Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
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Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
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When I was a boy, I was taught never to use insulting expressions like, ‘I’ve been gypped,’ or, ‘He welshed on the deal.’
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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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Home was a place to be only when all other places were closed.
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