My wife asked me once if I weren’t a comedian, what I would do. I couldn’t answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.
DAVE CHAPPELLEBeing famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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I love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.
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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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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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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 get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear – I’m not mad at anybody – not anymore.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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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’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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The world can’t tell you who you are. You’ve just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.
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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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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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