The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
DAVE CHAPPELLEIt seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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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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I support anyone’s right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?
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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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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 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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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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You’ve got to say ‘yes’ to your destiny. Life’s happening right now, look around you. There goes some life. Come on, Mamma, live!
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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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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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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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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive. “I don’t understand this person. So they’re crazy.” That’s bullshit. These people are not crazy. They strong people. Maybe their environment is a little sick.
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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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I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
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