The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
DAVE CHAPPELLEComedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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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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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.
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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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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 think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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