The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
DAVE CHAPPELLEThe worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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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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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.
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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive. “I don’t understand this person. So they’re crazy.” That’s bullshit. These people are not crazy. They strong people. Maybe their environment is a little sick.
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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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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.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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I got married recently. So far, so good. Less sex than I expected, but other than that, it’s a pretty good lifestyle.
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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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I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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I support anyone’s right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?
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I’m happier in the way a guy gets happier when he starts to mature. It doesn’t make things easier, but I’m so much better at handling them.
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Ralph Nader has slavery reparations on his platform, which makes me think he’s not serious. If he thought he could win he wouldn’t even say that.
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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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