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 CHAPPELLEMoney 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.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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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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I’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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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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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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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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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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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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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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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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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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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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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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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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