My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
DICK GREGORYThere’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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Every door of racial prejudice I can kick down, is one less door that my children have to kick down.
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Revolution ain’t nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature.
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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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I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.
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If democracy is such a good thing, let’s have more of it.
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Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.
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The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.
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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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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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Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother’s milk.
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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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I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn’t have what I wanted.
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The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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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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