I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
DAVE CHAPPELLEYou’ve got to say ‘yes’ to your destiny. Life’s happening right now, look around you. There goes some life. Come on, Mamma, live!
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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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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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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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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I just like seeing people. I just like meeting people. I like finding out new walks of life and new ideas.
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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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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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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 have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that.
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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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People don’t know what it’s like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
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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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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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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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