The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.
DICK GREGORYIt’s cool to be healthy.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
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Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
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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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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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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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I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.
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Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother’s milk.
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I wouldn’t mind paying taxes – if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
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They told me there was very little racial prejudice in Hawaii. Like a woman is just a little bit pregnant.
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