I love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI 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.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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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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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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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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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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I have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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I got married recently. So far, so good. Less sex than I expected, but other than that, it’s a pretty good lifestyle.
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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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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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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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My father told me ‘Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.’
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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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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’m happier in the way a guy gets happier when he starts to mature. It doesn’t make things easier, but I’m so much better at handling them.
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