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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.

Dave Chappelle

I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
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Black Man Myself Thinking
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
Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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Conquer Performance Street Venue
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
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
Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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Kind Stand Yourself
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
Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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Important Invention Yourself
The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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Hard True Watch Yourself
Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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Country Fame Place
For one year, I want to do this thing where I guest-star on as many television shows as I possibly can. I love television. The fact that television ultimately made me famous was very gratifying for me.
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Famous Gratitude Himself Love Possible
All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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People White
I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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Care Issues Money Myself Work
It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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Enough Famous Hollywood Myself White
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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Happiness Life Myself Reality Time
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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Ideas Life Myself People Walk
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’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
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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Beginning Expensive Myself Name Price
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
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
I have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that.
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Goodness Life Money Oneself Time
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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Bad Country God Hope Land Myself Swear
You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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Old People Right Yourself
The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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Call Crazy Label Name
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

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