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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEThe hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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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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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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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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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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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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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 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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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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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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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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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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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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