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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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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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Enough Famous Hollywood Myself White
Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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Conquer Performance Street Venue
Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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Comedy Earth People Sensitive Social
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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Better Happiness Mature Myself Start
I’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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Condition Failure Love Myself People
I started when I was 14. I figured out that’s what I wanted to do when I was 14. Even when I was six, I can remember people telling me, “You’re gonna be a comedian,” and all this stuff.
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Comedy Myself People Remember Start
Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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Action Death Kill Woman
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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Destiny Life Live Right
Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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Comedy Field One Liner Orientation
Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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Late Listening Myself Quit Work
The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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Happy High Myself
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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Change Drama Leap Money Oneself People
The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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Boundary Limitation Yourself
The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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Call Crazy Label Name
Weed’s not as bad as everything else… ’cause weed is a background substance. You know what I mean, you can smoke some herb and still function. You ain’t crisp… but you’ll function.
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Bad Function Smoking Substance Yourself
I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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Enjoyment Myself Thinking Time
Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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Country Fame Place
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
The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive. “I don’t understand this person. So they’re crazy.” That’s bullshit. These people are not crazy. They strong people. Maybe their environment is a little sick.
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Call Crazy People Strong Worst
You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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Old People Right 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
Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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Himself Religious Scripture Sin Smoking
Ralph Nader has slavery reparations on his platform, which makes me think he’s not serious. If he thought he could win he wouldn’t even say that.
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Himself Platform Reparation Serious Slave Thinking Win
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
The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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Hard True Watch Yourself
Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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Bad Fame Greatness Horrible
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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Happiness Life Myself Reality Time

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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