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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.

Dick Gregory

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 GREGORY

Dance Love War
If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance because you don’t have the spirit to judge someone from within, you’re in trouble.
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Appearance Deep Judgement Person Spirit Yourself
Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don’t have the ability to be lovable.
DICK GREGORY

Ability Danger Deep Love Yourself
People with high blood pressure, diabetes – those are conditions brought about by lifestyle. If you change the lifestyle, those conditions will leave.
DICK GREGORY

Change Health Life People
If it wasn’t for Abe Lincoln, I’d still be on the open market.
DICK GREGORY

Myself Poor
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.
DICK GREGORY

Existence Foot Myself Woman
Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.
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Education Knowledge Wisdom
The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
DICK GREGORY

Goodness Past
Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can’t afford it.
DICK GREGORY

Gratitude People Rich Thankful Worth
They told me there was very little racial prejudice in Hawaii. Like a woman is just a little bit pregnant.
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Myself Pregnant Woman
I tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
DICK GREGORY

Home Myself People
Every door of racial prejudice I can kick down, is one less door that my children have to kick down.
DICK GREGORY

Children Oppression Race
I personally would say that the quickest way to wipe out a group of people is to put them on a soul food diet.
DICK GREGORY

Food Myself People Quick Soul
When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening – there wasn’t no 24-hour news.
DICK GREGORY

Break Morning Myself Time
Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
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Angry Hell
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.
DICK GREGORY

Darkness Oppression Ourselves Skin Togetherness Yourself

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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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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