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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEEveryone around me says, You’re a genius! You’re great! That’s your voice! But I’m not sure if they’re right.
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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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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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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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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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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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The world can’t tell you who you are. You’ve just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.
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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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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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I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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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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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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Everyone around me says, You’re a genius! You’re great! That’s your voice! But I’m not sure if they’re right.
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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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