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Dick Gregory

Dick Gregory

American Comedian

Born: Oct 12, 1932

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People with high blood pressure, diabetes - those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave. Dick Gregory

Life You Change People Diabetes Will Pressure Style Those High High Blood Pressure Brought About Leave Conditions Blood Blood Pressure

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

Home Hate School Shame Never Had Learned Go

There's a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live. Dick Gregory

God You Will Live Inside Gives Force

Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don't have the ability to be lovable. Dick Gregory

Love You Love Is Dangerous Ability Very Lovable Just

I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man. Dick Gregory

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. Dick Gregory

Great History Victory Think Books Indians Fair Massacre Because Cavalry Won History Books Against Root Used

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

Mother Only The Only Thing Planet Coconut Milk Thing

If you take 12 waters from the coconut - not the ones you buy in the store, although that's good - but the fresh coconuts, the little brown ones with the three eyes, if you take 12 of those within 24 hours, your blood will go back to the way it was when you were born. Dick Gregory

Buy Good You Eyes Will Three Waters Back Way Those Born Brown Take Hours Although Within Fresh Go Were Blood Store Little Your Coconut

Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned. Dick Gregory

Hell Liberal Fury Hath Like Scorned

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

White Finally Restaurant Counter Integrated Waited Years Wanted Eleven

My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that's never been explained. Dick Gregory

You Never Know Been Explained Certain Certain Things Belief Things

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. Dick Gregory

Death You Mother Christian Tell Would Tried She Stomp Lady Planet Sweetest Who Lived Ever Her Jesus

Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss. Dick Gregory

Possession Torment Delight Loss Us Much Riches

I wouldn't mind paying taxes - if I knew they were going to a friendly country. Dick Gregory

Mind Country Knew Were Friendly Going Taxes Paying

There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up. Dick Gregory

You Bottled Limit How How Much Up Information Much Keep

Every holiday on the calendar, I check in a hotel and fast - I don't eat, I don't drink, I don't talk. Dick Gregory

Every Eat Drink Hotel Check Talk Calendar Holiday Fast

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

Great Me Poet Bit Musician Seeing Like Comedian Really Watching

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

Politics Voting Country Duty Most Looked Sport Chicago Places Right

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

People Everything Look Terms Afford Should Who Millions Millions Of People

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