I love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.
DAVE CHAPPELLEOnce you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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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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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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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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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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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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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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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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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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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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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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I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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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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