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 CHAPPELLEThey do what they do for money – that’s all. I don’t even know why you’re listening to me. I’ve done commercials for both Coke and Pepsi. Truth is, I can’t even taste the difference, but Pepsi paid me last, so there it is.
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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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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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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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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 got a lot of positive people around me.
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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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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 care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.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 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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I always take a relationship to the next level. If that works out, I take it to the next level after that, until I finally reach that level when it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave.
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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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