Every door of racial prejudice I can kick down, is one less door that my children have to kick down.
DICK GREGORYWhen 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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To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.
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The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.
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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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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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If it wasn’t for Abe Lincoln, I’d still be on the open market.
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The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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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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Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.
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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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If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance because you don’t have the spirit to judge someone from within, you’re in trouble.
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We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn’t it either. I’m going to be an American Citizen. First-class.
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Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don’t have the ability to be lovable.
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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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Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can’t afford it.
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I tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
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