The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
DAVE CHAPPELLEMy father told me ‘Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.’
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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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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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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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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Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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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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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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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
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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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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 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 enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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