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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEIf I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
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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 worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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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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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 only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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Money is the fuel for choices. Money gives me choices, so it’s not nothing, it’s something. But it’s not the end all, be all. There are other things in my life that I did not purchase with money that are very valuable.
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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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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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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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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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Weed’s not as bad as everything else… ’cause weed is a background substance. You know what I mean, you can smoke some herb and still function. You ain’t crisp… but you’ll function.
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I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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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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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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