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The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.

Dick Gregory

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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Oneself Secret Yourself
It’s cool to be healthy.
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Health Instagram Captions One Liner
Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.
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Difference Grow Up Mindset Poor
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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Darkness Oppression Ourselves Skin Togetherness Yourself
If they took all the drugs, nicotine, alcohol, and caffeine off the market for six days, they’d have to bring out the tanks to control you.
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Alcohol Control Yourself
I tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
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Home Myself People
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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Black Myself People Right Scare See
Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.
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Education Knowledge Wisdom
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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Beginning Forget Politics Promise Relationship
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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Attitude Money Need Yourself
The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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Goodness Past
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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Existence Foot Myself Woman
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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Deal Expression Insult Man Myself
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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Animal Human Life Tolerance
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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Career Difference Freedom Time Yourself
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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Funny Lost Money Myself Weapon

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