I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
DAVE CHAPPELLEChivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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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 way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
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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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I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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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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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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I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.
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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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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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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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I have all these weird fantasies. Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing.
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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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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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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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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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