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Famous Dick Gregory Quotes
“I won't say I'm out of condition now - but I even puff going downstairs.”
Source: From the Back of the Bus
“When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps.”
Source: Nigger
“I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.”
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Source: Dick Gregory's political primer
Source: Nigger
Source: Dick Gregory's political primer
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“Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can't afford it.”
“Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother's milk.”
“To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.”
“If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market.”
Source: From the Back of the Bus
“I used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children and white children were the same.'”
“My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that's never been explained.”
“Once I realised the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.”
Source: The shadow that scares me
Source: Dick Gregory's political primer
Source: The shadow that scares me
“That's easy, to stand in a nightclub, where most of the people that come in, they came to see you.”