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Dick Gregory

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry because we didn’t think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.
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Book Greatness History Thinking Victory Win
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.
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Break Morning Myself Time
In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don’t know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.
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Deep Evil Ourselves See Sun Yourself
Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.
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Difference Grow Up Mindset Poor
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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Animal Human Life Tolerance
You know, I always say white is not a color, white is an attitude, and if you haven’t got trillions of dollars in the bank that you don’t need, you can’t be white.
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Attitude Money Need Yourself
To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.
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Music Myself Poet
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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Oneself Secret Yourself
Once I realized the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.
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Goodness Laugh Myself People Value
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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Food Myself People Quick Soul
I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.
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Deep Education Home Learning Myself Shame
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
There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
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Force God Live Willing Yourself
My mother was the sweetest lady who ever lived on this planet, but if you tried to tell her that Jesus wasn’t a Christian, she would stomp you to death.
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Death Live Mom Myself Yourself
Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
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Angry Hell
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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Enough Father Goodness Help Mom Yourself

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