The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
DAVE CHAPPELLEYou know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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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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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 love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.
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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 don’t want anything bad to happen to the United States, but if North Korea ever drops a nuclear bomb on this country, I swear to God, I hope it lands in Hartford.
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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.
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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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I just like seeing people. I just like meeting people. I like finding out new walks of life and new ideas.
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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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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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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive. “I don’t understand this person. So they’re crazy.” That’s bullshit. These people are not crazy. They strong people. Maybe their environment is a little sick.
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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 don’t normally talk about my religion publicly because I don’t want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful religion if you learn it the right way.
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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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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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Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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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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Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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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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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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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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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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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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