The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
DAVE CHAPPELLEIt seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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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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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 enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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They do what they do for money – that’s all. I don’t even know why you’re listening to me. I’ve done commercials for both Coke and Pepsi. Truth is, I can’t even taste the difference, but Pepsi paid me last, so there it is.
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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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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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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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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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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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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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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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My wife asked me once if I weren’t a comedian, what I would do. I couldn’t answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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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’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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