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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When you’ve got something really good, you don’t have to force it on people. They will steal it!
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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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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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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Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother’s milk.
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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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I used to get letters saying, ‘I didn’t know black children and white children were the same.’
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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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I wouldn’t mind paying taxes – if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
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I believe young voters will either vote for Obama or not vote at all. So the problem is not Obama the problem is the system. If you think about how mess up this country is, most folk really don’t have choices.
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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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Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.
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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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There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.
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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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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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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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They told me there was very little racial prejudice in Hawaii. Like a woman is just a little bit pregnant.
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