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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.

Dick Gregory

It’s cool to be healthy.
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Health Instagram Captions One Liner
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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Myself Result Wait
I used to get letters saying, ‘I didn’t know black children and white children were the same.’
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Black Children Myself Oppression
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 Marriage Politics Promise Relationship
The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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Goodness Past
If democracy is such a good thing, let’s have more of it.
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Democracy Goodness
Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.
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Education Knowledge Wisdom
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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Black Enjoyment Man Myself
To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.
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Music Myself Poet
Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.
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Fight Job Yourself
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
They told me there was very little racial prejudice in Hawaii. Like a woman is just a little bit pregnant.
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Myself Pregnant Woman
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
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
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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Food Myself People Quick Soul
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

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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