I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn’t have what I wanted.
DICK GREGORYNo 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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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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Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother’s milk.
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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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The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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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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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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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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Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
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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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My mother was the sweetest lady who ever lived on this planet, but if you tried to tell her that Jesus wasn’t a Christian, she would stomp you to death.
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Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
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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 never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
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Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: ‘We don’t serve colored people here.’ I said: ‘that’s all right, I don’t eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.
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They told me there was very little racial prejudice in Hawaii. Like a woman is just a little bit pregnant.
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