The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI 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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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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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 enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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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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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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The world can’t tell you who you are. You’ve just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.
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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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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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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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Weed’s not as bad as everything else… ’cause weed is a background substance. You know what I mean, you can smoke some herb and still function. You ain’t crisp… but you’ll function.
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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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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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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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