People don’t know what it’s like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
DAVE CHAPPELLEIf you don’t have the right people around you and you’re moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself.
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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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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
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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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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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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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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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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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I don’t want the money. I don’t want the drama. I just want to do my show. I want to have fun again.
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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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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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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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One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.
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