People don’t know what it’s like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
DAVE CHAPPELLEEveryone around me says, You’re a genius! You’re great! That’s your voice! But I’m not sure if they’re right.
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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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I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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Everyone around me says, You’re a genius! You’re great! That’s your voice! But I’m not sure if they’re right.
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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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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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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 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’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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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.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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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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