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 GREGORYOnce I realized the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.
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Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother’s milk.
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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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There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
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Home was a place to be only when all other places were closed.
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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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I wouldn’t mind paying taxes – if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
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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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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp – just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man.
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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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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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You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We’re the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X.
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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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It’s cool to be healthy.
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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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