Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can’t afford it.
DICK GREGORYI never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.
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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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Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
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People with high blood pressure, diabetes – those are conditions brought about by lifestyle. If you change the lifestyle, those conditions will leave.
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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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Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.
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Revolution ain’t nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature.
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I wouldn’t mind paying taxes – if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
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When I was a boy, I was taught never to use insulting expressions like, ‘I’ve been gypped,’ or, ‘He welshed on the deal.’
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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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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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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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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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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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When I go through the airport and see white women walking through the airport barefooted, like athlete’s feet don’t exist, there’s something wrong.
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