I don’t want the money. I don’t want the drama. I just want to do my show. I want to have fun again.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.
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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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I have angst in my life, but I’m like anybody. We all have angst in our lives that we pick up and fidget with and then we put down and look at some other things that make us feel good or enjoy our lives.
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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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When I’m on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that’s the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.
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I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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I’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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I have all these weird fantasies. Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing.
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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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Ralph Nader has slavery reparations on his platform, which makes me think he’s not serious. If he thought he could win he wouldn’t even say that.
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I don’t want anything bad to happen to the United States, but if North Korea ever drops a nuclear bomb on this country, I swear to God, I hope it lands in Hartford.
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They do what they do for money – that’s all. I don’t even know why you’re listening to me. I’ve done commercials for both Coke and Pepsi. Truth is, I can’t even taste the difference, but Pepsi paid me last, so there it is.
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I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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I’m happier in the way a guy gets happier when he starts to mature. It doesn’t make things easier, but I’m so much better at handling them.
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People don’t know what it’s like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
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You know, be able to do something great in your life, you’re gonna have to realize your failures. You’re gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.
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I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.
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You’ve got to say ‘yes’ to your destiny. Life’s happening right now, look around you. There goes some life. Come on, Mamma, live!
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The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
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Money is the fuel for choices. Money gives me choices, so it’s not nothing, it’s something. But it’s not the end all, be all. There are other things in my life that I did not purchase with money that are very valuable.
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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive. “I don’t understand this person. So they’re crazy.” That’s bullshit. These people are not crazy. They strong people. Maybe their environment is a little sick.
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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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