The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
DAVE CHAPPELLEOne 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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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
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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 have all these weird fantasies. Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing.
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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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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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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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Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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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’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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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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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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Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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