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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

You know, be able to do something great in your life, you’re gonna have to realize your failures. You’re gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.
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Failure Greatness Life Mark Realization Yourself
The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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Happy High Myself
They do what they do for money – that’s all. I don’t even know why you’re listening to me. I’ve done commercials for both Coke and Pepsi. Truth is, I can’t even taste the difference, but Pepsi paid me last, so there it is.
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Commercial Difference Listening Money Myself Pay Taste
The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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Best Children Myself
I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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Change Count Day Future Myself People
My wife asked me once if I weren’t a comedian, what I would do. I couldn’t answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.
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Comedy Imagination Myself Question Wife
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
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
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 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
The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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Call Crazy Label Name
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
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
Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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Country Fame Place
Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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Conquer Performance Street Venue

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