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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI 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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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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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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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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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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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 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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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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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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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 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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I’m happier in the way a guy gets happier when he starts to mature. It doesn’t make things easier, but I’m so much better at handling them.
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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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