Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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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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No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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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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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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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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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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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.
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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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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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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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