America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don’t misuse a household pet.
DICK GREGORYBeing white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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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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When you’ve got something really good, you don’t have to force it on people. They will steal it!
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Once I realized the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.
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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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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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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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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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Every door of racial prejudice I can kick down, is one less door that my children have to kick down.
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Home was a place to be only when all other places were closed.
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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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If it wasn’t for Abe Lincoln, I’d still be on the open market.
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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 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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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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