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.’
DAVE CHAPPELLEIf you don’t have the right people around you and you’re moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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They do what they do for money – that’s all. I don’t even know why you’re listening to me. I’ve done commercials for both Coke and Pepsi. Truth is, I can’t even taste the difference, but Pepsi paid me last, so there it is.
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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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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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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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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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I got a lot of positive people around me.
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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 love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.
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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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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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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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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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