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If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market.
Dick Gregory
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Dick Gregory
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 12
Died: 2017
Died: August 19
Athletics Competitor
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St. Louis
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Richard Claxton Gregory
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I wouldn't mind paying taxes... if I knew they were going to a friendly country
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In the South they don't mind how close I get, so long as I don't get too big. In the North they don't mind how big I get, so long as I don't get too close.
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