Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
DAVE CHAPPELLEThe mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross 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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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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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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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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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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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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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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I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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They do what they do for money – that’s all. I don’t even know why you’re listening to me. I’ve done commercials for both Coke and Pepsi. Truth is, I can’t even taste the difference, but Pepsi paid me last, so there it is.
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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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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’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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