When I’m on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that’s the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.
DAVE CHAPPELLEThe kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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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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I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
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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 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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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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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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If I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
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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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I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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