The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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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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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you’re a guy who generates money, people have a vested interest in controlling you.
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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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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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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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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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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive. “I don’t understand this person. So they’re crazy.” That’s bullshit. These people are not crazy. They strong people. Maybe their environment is a little sick.
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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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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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