My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
DICK GREGORYI never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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It’s cool to be healthy.
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Revolution ain’t nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature.
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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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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 tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
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The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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I personally believe breathatarianism to be the highest mode of human living breathing in pure air, absorbing the direct light and energies of the sun, bathing in pure water I look at the obituaries every morning and ain’t nobody listed but you eaters.
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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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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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Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can’t afford it.
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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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They told me there was very little racial prejudice in Hawaii. Like a woman is just a little bit pregnant.
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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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I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.
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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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