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Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has an

Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year period, in spite of many black folks and white folks lying to one another. – Dick Gregory

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You hear entertainers all the time, saying, If I couldnt get paid for this, Id do it for free. Whens the last time you ever heard a business person say, If I couldnt get paid for being chairman of British Petroleum, Id do it for free? – Dick Gregory

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When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. Its not enough, but it helps. – Dick Gregory

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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 wasnt no 24-hour news. – Dick Gregory

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