The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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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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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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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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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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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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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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If I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
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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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If you don’t have the right people around you and you’re moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself.
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I have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that.
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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 enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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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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