All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI have all these weird fantasies. Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing.
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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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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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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 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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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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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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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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I don’t want the money. I don’t want the drama. I just want to do my show. I want to have fun again.
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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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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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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 only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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Money is the fuel for choices. Money gives me choices, so it’s not nothing, it’s something. But it’s not the end all, be all. There are other things in my life that I did not purchase with money that are very valuable.
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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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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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