You got to be careful of the company you keep.
DAVE CHAPPELLEYou got to be careful of the company you keep.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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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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I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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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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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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I just like seeing people. I just like meeting people. I like finding out new walks of life and new ideas.
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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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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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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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One 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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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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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 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 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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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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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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