You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
DAVE CHAPPELLEThere’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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I don’t normally talk about my religion publicly because I don’t want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful religion if you learn it the right way.
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I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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If I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
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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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I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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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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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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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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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 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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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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I got a lot of positive people around me.
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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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