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.
DICK GREGORYAmerica will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don’t misuse a household pet.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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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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Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don’t have the ability to be lovable.
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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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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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Revolution ain’t nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature.
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When I go through the airport and see white women walking through the airport barefooted, like athlete’s feet don’t exist, there’s something wrong.
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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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Home was a place to be only when all other places were closed.
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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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To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.
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If it wasn’t for Abe Lincoln, I’d still be on the open market.
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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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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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There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
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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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