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If I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.

Dave Chappelle

I’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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Condition Failure Love Myself People
No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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Answer Children Hands Old Phone Yourself
Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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Important Invention Yourself
All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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People White
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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Genius Myself Right Voice
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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Bad Function Smoking Substance Yourself
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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Bad Country God Hope Land Myself Swear
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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Lose People Right Yourself
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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Failure Greatness Life Mark Realization Yourself
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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Comedy Myself People Remember Start
The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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Boundary Limitation Yourself
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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Change Drama Leap Money Oneself People
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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Comedy Interest Place World Yourself
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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Angry Himself Mindset People Position
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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Goodness Life Money Oneself Time
The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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Happy High Myself

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