My father told me ‘Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.’
DAVE CHAPPELLEYou know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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I just like seeing people. I just like meeting people. I like finding out new walks of life and new ideas.
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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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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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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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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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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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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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I have angst in my life, but I’m like anybody. We all have angst in our lives that we pick up and fidget with and then we put down and look at some other things that make us feel good or enjoy our lives.
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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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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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I got married recently. So far, so good. Less sex than I expected, but other than that, it’s a pretty good lifestyle.
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People don’t know what it’s like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
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I got a lot of positive people around 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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