You got to be careful of the company you keep.
DAVE CHAPPELLEMy 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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No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you’re a guy who generates money, people have a vested interest in controlling you.
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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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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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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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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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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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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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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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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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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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