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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEWhen 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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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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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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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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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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Ralph Nader has slavery reparations on his platform, which makes me think he’s not serious. If he thought he could win he wouldn’t even say that.
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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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They do what they do for money – that’s all. I don’t even know why you’re listening to me. I’ve done commercials for both Coke and Pepsi. Truth is, I can’t even taste the difference, but Pepsi paid me last, so there it is.
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
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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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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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I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
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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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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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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 got a lot of positive people around me.
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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 get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear – I’m not mad at anybody – not anymore.
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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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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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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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I have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that.
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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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