I get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear – I’m not mad at anybody – not anymore.
DAVE CHAPPELLEOnce you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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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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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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Something about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you’re interested in being funny, New York is the place to go.
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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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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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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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My wife asked me once if I weren’t a comedian, what I would do. I couldn’t answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.
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I’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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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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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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