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When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening – there wasn’t no 24-hour news.

Dick Gregory

No kid in the world, no woman in the world should ever raise a hand against a no-good daddy. That’s already been taken care of: A Man Who Destroys His Own Home Shall Inherit the Wind.
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Children Destroy Father Hands Man Wind Woman World
I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.
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Deep Education Home Learning Myself Shame
To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.
DICK GREGORY

Music Myself Poet
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
When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening – there wasn’t no 24-hour news.
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Break Morning Myself Time
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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Dance Love War
There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
DICK GREGORY

Force God Live Willing Yourself
Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
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Attachment Deep Loss Rich
Every door of racial prejudice I can kick down, is one less door that my children have to kick down.
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Children Oppression Race
Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.
DICK GREGORY

Fight Job Yourself
The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.
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Acceptance Difficult People Truth
I wouldn’t mind paying taxes – if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
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Country Friendship Mindset Myself Pay
Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can’t afford it.
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Gratitude People Rich Thankful Worth
It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn’t stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.
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Black Dance Law Sing Talk Writing
In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago, it’s a sport.
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Duty Place Right Sports Vote
Once I realized the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.
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Goodness Laugh Myself People Value

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