I’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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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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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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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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 always take a relationship to the next level. If that works out, I take it to the next level after that, until I finally reach that level when it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave.
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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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Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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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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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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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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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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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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