Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI 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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I 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 have angst in my life, but I’m like anybody. We all have angst in our lives that we pick up and fidget with and then we put down and look at some other things that make us feel good or enjoy our lives.
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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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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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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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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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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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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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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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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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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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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Ralph Nader has slavery reparations on his platform, which makes me think he’s not serious. If he thought he could win he wouldn’t even say that.
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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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