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?
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 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 worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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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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If I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
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The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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If 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 care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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I don’t want anything bad to happen to the United States, but if North Korea ever drops a nuclear bomb on this country, I swear to God, I hope it lands in Hartford.
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I got a lot of positive people around me.
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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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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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I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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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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