I started when I was 14. I figured out that’s what I wanted to do when I was 14. Even when I was six, I can remember people telling me, “You’re gonna be a comedian,” and all this stuff.
DAVE CHAPPELLEYou got to be careful of the company you keep.
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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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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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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 hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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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 have angst in my life, but I’m like anybody. We all have angst in our lives that we pick up and fidget with and then we put down and look at some other things that make us feel good or enjoy our lives.
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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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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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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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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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