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The funniest jokes you know aren't from comics but relatives, friends - from your life. That's the funniest stuff.
Dick Gregory
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Dick Gregory
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 12
Died: 2017
Died: August 19
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St. Louis
Missouri
Richard Claxton Gregory
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Black folks tell their kids they have to be twice as good as a white person? Well, if I tell a child of mine that, or that they have to be careful - that this is what a cop would do if you do this - they think something is wrong with them. I tell them death is better.
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I would have painted the White House black. I would have!
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The only good thing about the good old days is they're gone.
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If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market.
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When you look at Hitler and those thugs, you can put Walmart right next to them.
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I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
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Don't have a high school diploma? You're in my Cabinet. Why? For 200 years, a lot of Cabinets have existed in our government. Powerful men. Well-educated. So let's try something totally new.
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