The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
DAVE CHAPPELLEYou got to be careful of the company you keep.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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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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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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I got a lot of positive people around me.
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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 higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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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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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 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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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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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.
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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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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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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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Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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