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People don’t know what it’s like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.

Dave Chappelle

I get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear – I’m not mad at anybody – not anymore.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Angry Mad Myself Past Talk
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.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Association Learning People Religion Talk 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.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Enjoyment Feeling Goodness Life Live Ourselves
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.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Better Personality World Worst Yourself
The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Greatness Mark Yourself
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

Drama Fun Money Myself Show
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.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Leaving Level Myself Necessary Relationship Work
When I’m on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that’s the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Happiness Life Myself Reality Time
Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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Action Death Kill Woman
You got to be careful of the company you keep.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Care Company Yourself
You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Old People Right Yourself
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.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Bad Function Smoking Substance Yourself
I have all these weird fantasies. Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Fantasy Myself
I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Encouragement Funny Myself Responsibility Sketch Social
I love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Children Fact Laughter Love Show
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.’
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Beginning Expensive Myself Name Price

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