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" I don't want affirmative action - too much affirmative, not enough action. "

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" Hillary Clinton could say she was a woman and running for president. And Sarah Palin could say she was a woman and running for vice-president. But Obama couldn't say, 'I'm black and I'm running for president.' It couldn't come out of his mouth. He couldn't say that because, if he did, he'd lose votes. "

" People think you're crazy if you turn money down... people worship money. "

" I think I have a mental nappy attitude. "

" I like comedy, I mean, in all forms. "

" America is racial. America was founded on race. Race is America. The code name for America is 'race.' "

" I love Obama because he is proof all black people don't look alike. Nobody every told me, 'Good morning, Mr. President.' We don't all look alike. "

" Tennessee Williams knew about the South, but he would clean it up and lie about it. "

" When I was 16 or 17, I saw Lenny Bruce being taken to jail. They took him off stage because he talked about race. "

" There's always a message in my comedy. "

" What does America love more than one white male? "

" There are still plenty of movie people peddling black stereotypes. I guess Tyler Perry's probably the most massively successful. "

" An audience can be like a pack of wolves. "

" People don't want to hear the truth; they never do. They wanna live in some kind of fantasy. "

" You know who you are. If my mother is a nun and someone comes up to me and they go, 'Your mother is a prostitute.' It is not going to bother me, because I know my mother is a nun, she's not a prostitute. "

" I have nothing to do with racism in America; it was here when I got here. "

" You got to remember that slavery's very complex. It has a lot of levels to it. "

" I'm passionate about what I do. I'd be naive to be passive. "

" I'm like the Davy Crockett of comedy... after Davy Crockett opened up the West and helped everybody... they didn't need him anymore. I freed a lot of comics... if I never would have done comedy, it would've been a different art form... I'm sure of it. "

" I could drop dead tomorrow, the truth will be here. Truth is forever; when you read our history, truth is forever, and it always outs itself. "

" White people are very good at acting like they're not racist. They deserve an Academy Award for that. "

" If you're happy with what you're doing, then you don't get bored. "

" I am very concerned about Barbara Streisand using the 'H' word - 'honkey.' That's what I am concerned about. I am worried about Barbara. "

" Comedians period, in general, have demons, and myself included. "

" I have known Michael Richards for something like 20 years. We're friends. "

" What does it mean to be too black for Hollywood? It's self-explanatory. Hollywood has certain kinds of blacks that they like. "

" Hollywood doesn't even have respect for itself. Hollywood lies to itself. "

" A woman can tell me about her having a baby, but I'll never know what it is to have a baby. "

" If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they're not happy. "

" You white folks see UFOs in your dreams. You don't hear about Martians in Harlem. "

" I read a lot of history. The passive Jews in Germany didn't survive. The smart ones got out. "