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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.

Dave Chappelle

It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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Enough Famous Hollywood Myself White
Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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Late Listening Myself Quit Work
I love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.
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Children Fact Laughter Love Show
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
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
The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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Boundary Limitation 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
I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
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Encouragement Funny Myself Responsibility Sketch Social
You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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Care Company Yourself
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.’
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Beginning Expensive Myself Name Price
The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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Hard True Watch Yourself
If I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
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Better Myself Salary Teacher Thinking
There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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Feeling Stand
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
You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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Old People Right Yourself
Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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Kind Stand Yourself

The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.

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