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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI 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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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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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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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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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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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.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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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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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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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’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’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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