The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
DAVE CHAPPELLEComedy 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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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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I have angst in my life, but I’m like anybody. We all have angst in our lives that we pick up and fidget with and then we put down and look at some other things that make us feel good or enjoy our lives.
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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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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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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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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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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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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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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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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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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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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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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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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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