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 CHAPPELLEComedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in 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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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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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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If I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
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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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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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I have all these weird fantasies. Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing.
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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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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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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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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The world can’t tell you who you are. You’ve just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.
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