I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
DAVE CHAPPELLEWhen 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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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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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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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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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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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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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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