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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.

Dave Chappelle

Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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Comedy Field One Liner Orientation
All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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People White
I always take a relationship to the next level. If that works out, I take it to the next level after that, until I finally reach that level when it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave.
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Leaving Level Myself Necessary Relationship Work
Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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Country Fame Place
I don’t want the money. I don’t want the drama. I just want to do my show. I want to have fun again.
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Drama Fun Money Myself Show
No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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Answer Children Hands Old Phone Yourself
I love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.
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Children Fact Laughter Love Show
I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
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Black Man Myself Thinking
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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Fantasy Myself
The world can’t tell you who you are. You’ve just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.
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Better Personality World Worst Yourself
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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Control Instance Interest Money Yourself
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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Enjoyment Feeling Goodness Life Live Ourselves
I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.
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Hate Joke Myself People Race Reason Thinking
Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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Conquer Performance Street Venue
The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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Boundary Limitation Yourself
You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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Care Company Yourself

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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