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

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" America has a rap sheet. You can't police the world and tell the world how to act when you're just as bad yourself. "

" I do celebrate anything with freedom in it, you know. "

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" People ask me, when was my best time? I always say, 'Today.' "

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" I'm as American as apple pie. "

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" My grandmother was the best. She loved you for you. She loved me for me. She was old-school. They broke the mold with her. They don't make them like that any more. "

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

" We have a lot of black Anglo-Saxons. Their skin is black, but their brain is white. When I get real mad at them, I call them 'graham crackers.' "

" There's no such thing as reverse racism. "

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

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