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

Dave Chappelle

Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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Country Fame Place
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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Genius Myself Right Voice
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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Choice End Life Money Myself Purchase Value
I just like seeing people. I just like meeting people. I like finding out new walks of life and new ideas.
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Ideas Life Myself People Walk
Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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Action Death Kill Woman
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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Bad Country God Hope Land Myself Swear
My wife asked me once if I weren’t a comedian, what I would do. I couldn’t answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.
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Comedy Imagination Myself Question Wife
It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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Enough Famous Hollywood Myself White
Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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Important Invention Yourself
I have all these weird fantasies. Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing.
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Fantasy Myself
I support anyone’s right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?
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Image Participate Question Right Support Yourself
Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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Comedy Field One Liner Orientation
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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Drama Fun Money Myself Show
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
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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Beginning Expensive Myself Name Price
People don’t know what it’s like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
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People Smile Stand Wall Yourself
I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
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Black Man Myself Thinking
The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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Boundary Limitation Yourself
There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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Feeling Stand
I don’t normally talk about my religion publicly because I don’t want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful religion if you learn it the right way.
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Association Learning People Religion Talk Yourself
I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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Change Count Day Future Myself People
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
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 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
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 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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