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Dick Gregory Quotes

I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn't have what I wanted.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: October 12, 1932

Topics

Restaurant White Years Finally

I'm an independent.

I think voiceover is an adjunct that actors have picked up that have given us some security.

Think Security Up Us I Think Some

I hope that my work ethic has been a model for those who do not believe in themselves or have lingering doubts about their own abilities.

Work Hope Believe Work Ethic Own

I understand people have doubts, but I'm totally clean.

People Understand Clean Doubts

In the end, it's like that: The more I possess the ball, the more dominant we play, and the more often we win.

Win End Play More Ball In The End

This sympathy is not translated into force against the British government because it is not like the anti- apartheid movement which had a high profile here and Mandela is a more engaging figure than Yasser Arafat.

Government Sympathy Movement High

I've heard the argument that unemployment benefits somehow act as a disincentive to the long-term unemployed when it comes to looking for work, but the opposite is true. Unemployment Insurance serves as a powerful incentive for people to keep searching for jobs, rather than drop out of the labor force altogether.

Work People Looking Powerful Labor

I always thought I would have boys, but as a father, when your kids are born and they're healthy and happy, that's the most important thing.

Father Happy Thought Born Healthy

A film's success or failure is strictly on the director's shoulders.

Success Failure Director Shoulders

What drives me is winning medals and going out there and enjoying it.

Me Winning Medals Out Going Drives

My first film festival and my first film that I've ever been in, 'Martha Marcy May Marlene,' that was at Sundance.

First May Film Been Festival Ever

When you are younger, the camera is like a friend and you can go places and feel like you're with someone, like you have a companion.

Annie Leibovitz

Friend Feel Someone Camera You Go

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