Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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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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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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I love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.
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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’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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I’m happier in the way a guy gets happier when he starts to mature. It doesn’t make things easier, but I’m so much better at handling them.
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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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The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
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Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.
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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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You know, be able to do something great in your life, you’re gonna have to realize your failures. You’re gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.
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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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