When I’m on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that’s the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.
DAVE CHAPPELLEYou got to be careful of the company you keep.
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I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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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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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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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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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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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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No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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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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Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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I don’t normally talk about my religion publicly because I don’t want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful religion if you learn it the right way.
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