"Music played a large role in the survival of the black people in America â€” that and a sense of humor that just couldn't be enslaved."

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Source : Redd Foxx, Norma Miller (1977). “The Redd Foxx Encyclopedia of Black Humor”, Ward Ritchie Press

Redd Foxx

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“What's important is finding out what works for you.”
“The Republican tax cut threatens to undercut both veterans health care and the veterans educational benefits that have been recognized for decades as not only the long-standing obligation of the Nation to its veterans, but also as the best recruiting incentives we can offer to keep our armed forces strong and sharp.”
“You need some coffee, don't you?" "Yes, I've only had a gallon.”
“People will say, 'There are a million ways to shoot a scene,' but I don't think so. I think there are two, maybe. And the other one is wrong.”
“Millions of working, uninsured Americans go to bed every night worrying what will happen to them and their families if a major illness or injury strikes.”
“I want to do television, film, music and designing. I want to do it all!”
“I do not believe that all books will or should migrate onto screens: as Douglas Adams once pointed out to me, more than 20 years before the Kindle turned up, a physical book is like a shark. Sharks are old: there were sharks in the ocean before the dinosaurs. And the reason there are still sharks around is that sharks are better at being sharks than anything else is.”
“A rising tide (in the economy) lifts all boats.”

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