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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.

Dave Chappelle

Something about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you’re interested in being funny, New York is the place to go.
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Comedy Interest Place World Yourself
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
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
I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
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Encouragement Funny Myself Responsibility Sketch Social
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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Happiness Life Myself Reality Time
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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Leaving Level Myself Necessary Relationship Work
There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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Feeling Stand
I’m happier in the way a guy gets happier when he starts to mature. It doesn’t make things easier, but I’m so much better at handling them.
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Better Happiness Mature Myself Start
The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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Happy High Myself
I’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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Condition Failure Love Myself People
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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Hate Joke Myself People Race Reason Thinking
I get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear – I’m not mad at anybody – not anymore.
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Angry Mad Myself Past Talk
They 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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Commercial Difference Listening Money Myself Pay Taste
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
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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Failure Greatness Life Mark Realization Yourself
I got a lot of positive people around me.
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Myself People Positive

Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.

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