The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
DAVE CHAPPELLEThe higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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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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You’ve got to say ‘yes’ to your destiny. Life’s happening right now, look around you. There goes some life. Come on, Mamma, live!
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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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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross 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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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 got a lot of positive people around 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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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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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’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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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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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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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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