I just like seeing people. I just like meeting people. I like finding out new walks of life and new ideas.
DAVE CHAPPELLEPeople 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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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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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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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 enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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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’m happier in the way a guy gets happier when he starts to mature. It doesn’t make things easier, but I’m so much better at handling them.
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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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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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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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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 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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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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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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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 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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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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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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I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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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 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 have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that.
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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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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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