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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.

Dave Chappelle

I don’t want the money. I don’t want the drama. I just want to do my show. I want to have fun again.
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Drama Fun Money Myself Show
My father told me ‘Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.’
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Beginning Expensive Myself Name Price
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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Famous Gratitude Himself Love Possible
The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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Best Children Myself
I got a lot of positive people around me.
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Myself People Positive
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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Himself Platform Reparation Serious Slave Thinking Win
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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Bad Function Smoking Substance Yourself
Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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Himself Religious Scripture Sin Smoking
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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Comedy Myself People Remember Start
Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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Comedy Field One Liner Orientation
I support anyone’s right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?
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Image Participate Question Right Support Yourself
All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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People White
No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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Answer Children Hands Old Phone Yourself
The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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Greatness Mark Yourself
You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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Care Company Yourself
Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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Comedy Earth People Sensitive Social

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