The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI 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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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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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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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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I don’t want anything bad to happen to the United States, but if North Korea ever drops a nuclear bomb on this country, I swear to God, I hope it lands in Hartford.
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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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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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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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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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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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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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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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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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I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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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 was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
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