Something about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you’re interested in being funny, New York is the place to go.
DAVE CHAPPELLEThe 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.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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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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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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I don’t normally talk about my religion publicly because I don’t want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful religion if you learn it the right way.
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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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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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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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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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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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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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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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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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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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