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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.

Dave Chappelle

Weed’s not as bad as everything else… ’cause weed is a background substance. You know what I mean, you can smoke some herb and still function. You ain’t crisp… but you’ll function.
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Bad Function Smoking Substance Yourself
I support anyone’s right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?
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Image Participate Question Right Support Yourself
Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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Himself Religious Scripture Sin Smoking
Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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Country Fame Place
The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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Happy High Myself
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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Bad Country God Hope Land Myself Swear
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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Encouragement Funny Myself Responsibility Sketch Social
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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Failure Greatness Life Mark Realization Yourself
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.
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Comedy Imagination Myself Question Wife
Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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Late Listening Myself Quit Work
I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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Enjoyment Myself Thinking Time
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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Drama Fun Money Myself Show
I’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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Condition Failure Love Myself People
The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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Call Crazy Label Name
I always take a relationship to the next level. If that works out, I take it to the next level after that, until I finally reach that level when it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave.
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Leaving Level Myself Necessary Relationship Work
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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Enjoyment Feeling Goodness Life Live Ourselves

There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.

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