The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI 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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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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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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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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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 worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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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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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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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 got a lot of positive people around me.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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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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Something about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you’re interested in being funny, New York is the place to go.
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I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you’re a guy who generates money, people have a vested interest in controlling you.
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