I have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI 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.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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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 started when I was 14. I figured out that’s what I wanted to do when I was 14. Even when I was six, I can remember people telling me, “You’re gonna be a comedian,” and all this stuff.
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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 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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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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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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No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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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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If I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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I don’t normally talk about my religion publicly because I don’t want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful religion if you learn it the right way.
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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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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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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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