Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
DAVE CHAPPELLENo matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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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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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.
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I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.
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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 love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.
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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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Ralph Nader has slavery reparations on his platform, which makes me think he’s not serious. If he thought he could win he wouldn’t even say that.
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I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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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 father told me ‘Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.’
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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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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh 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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