The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
DAVE CHAPPELLEIt seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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For one year, I want to do this thing where I guest-star on as many television shows as I possibly can. I love television. The fact that television ultimately made me famous was very gratifying for me.
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If I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
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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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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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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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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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I got married recently. So far, so good. Less sex than I expected, but other than that, it’s a pretty good lifestyle.
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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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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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I’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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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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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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