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I have all these weird fantasies. Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing.

Dave Chappelle

I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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Change Count Day Future Myself People
They do what they do for money – that’s all. I don’t even know why you’re listening to me. I’ve done commercials for both Coke and Pepsi. Truth is, I can’t even taste the difference, but Pepsi paid me last, so there it is.
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Commercial Difference Listening Money Myself Pay Taste
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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Failure Greatness Life Mark Realization Yourself
I got a lot of positive people around me.
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Myself People Positive
The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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Hard True Watch Yourself
Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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Important Invention Yourself
Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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Country Fame Place
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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Famous Gratitude Himself Love Possible
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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Destiny Life Live Right
I 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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Fantasy Myself
If I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
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Better Myself Salary Teacher Thinking
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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Happiness Life Myself Reality Time
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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Encouragement Funny Myself Responsibility Sketch Social
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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Children Fact Laughter Love Show
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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Leaving Level Myself Necessary Relationship Work
Everyone around me says, You’re a genius! You’re great! That’s your voice! But I’m not sure if they’re right.
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Genius Myself Right Voice
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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Angry Himself Mindset People Position
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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Control Instance Interest Money Yourself
No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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Answer Children Hands Old Phone Yourself
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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Call Crazy People Strong Worst
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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Himself Platform Reparation Serious Slave Thinking Win
All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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People White
I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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Enjoyment Myself Thinking Time
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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Change Drama Leap Money Oneself People
You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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Old People Right Yourself
I support anyone’s right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?
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Image Participate Question Right Support Yourself
Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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Comedy Earth People Sensitive Social

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