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The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them. ↗

— Wayne Gretzky

#biggest #biggest difference #difference #edmonton #i

In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#country #evils #faults #forest #know

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#between #candidate #forgotten #like #made

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

#am #backside #bigots #black #enjoying

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

#american citizen #athlete #citizen #class #either

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

#civil #civil war #dance #especially #love

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

— Dick Gregory

#buy #crack #every #fabric #i

I tell people, 'If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.' ↗

— Dick Gregory

#house #i #message #people #send

I used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children and white children were the same.' ↗

— Dick Gregory

#children #get #i #know #letters

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

#eleven #finally #i #integrated #restaurant