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You know, I always say white is not a colour, white is an attitude, and if you haven't got trillions...

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Momma, a welfare cheater. A criminal who couldn't stand to se her kids go hungry, or grow up in slum...

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People with high blood pressure, diabetes - those are conditions brought about by life style. If you...

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It's cool to be healthy.

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people...

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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...

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Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that Afric...

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No kid in the world, no woman in the world should ever raise a hand against a no-good daddy. That's ...

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We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the hist...

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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.' W...

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I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighbourhood after ...

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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 sp...

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Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and ...

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When I go through the airport and see white women walking through the airport barefooted, like athle...

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Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship b...

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I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.

And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you s...

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I won't say I'm out of condition now - but I even puff going downstairs.

When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps.

I buy about $1,500 worth of papers every month. Not that I trust them. I'm looking for the crack in ...

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My mother was the sweetest lady who ever lived on this planet, but if you tried to tell her that Jes...

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They told me there was very little racial prejudice in Hawaii. Like a woman is just a little bit pre...

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Dick Gregory

Comedian

Born: 1932-10-12

Died: N/A

Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory (October 12, 1932 – August 19, 2017) was an American civil rights activist, social critic, writer, and comedian.More