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I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn't have what I wanted.

~Dick Gregory

Topics: Counter Eleven Finally Integrated Restaurant Waited Wanted White Years

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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.

~Dick Gregory

Topics: Civil Civil War Dance Love New New One Northern Part Southern Stands Still Tries Twist War While You

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Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother's milk.

~Dick Gregory

Topics: Coconut Milk Mother Only Planet The Only Thing Thing

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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 the evening - there wasn't no 24-hour news.

~Dick Gregory

Topics: Abc Broke Evening First Had Morning Nbc News Only Through Cbs

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To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.

~Dick Gregory

Topics: Bit Comedian Great Like Me Musician Poet Really Seeing Watching

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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.

~Dick Gregory

Topics: Chicago Country Duty Looked Most Places Right Sport Voting

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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.

~Dick Gregory

Topics: Black Comics Could Dance Law Nightclubs Permitted Sing Stand Talk Unwritten Were White Work You

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Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can't afford it.

~Dick Gregory

Topics: Afford Everything Look Millions Millions Of People People Should Terms Who

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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.

~Dick Gregory

Topics: American American Citizen Athlete Citizen Class Either Entertainer First First Class Going Great Thought Were Wrong

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

~Dick Gregory

Topics: After Because Believed Come Dark Dude Knew Neighborhood Never Santa Santa Claus White Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: October 12th, 1932

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