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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.

Dave Chappelle

All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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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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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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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
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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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I started when I was 14. I figured out that’s what I wanted to do when I was 14. Even when I was six, I can remember people telling me, “You’re gonna be a comedian,” and all this stuff.
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Chivalry is dead. Women killed 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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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 was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
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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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