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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEChivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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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 get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear – I’m not mad at anybody – not anymore.
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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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People don’t know what it’s like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
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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’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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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 got married recently. So far, so good. Less sex than I expected, but other than that, it’s a pretty good lifestyle.
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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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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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You know you must be doing something right if old people like 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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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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