There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
DAVE CHAPPELLEListen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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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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I got married recently. So far, so good. Less sex than I expected, but other than that, it’s a pretty good lifestyle.
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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 was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
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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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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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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.
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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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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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If I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
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I got a lot of positive people around me.
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If you don’t have the right people around you and you’re moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself.
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My father told me ‘Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.’
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