Money 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.
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.’
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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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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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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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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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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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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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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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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Everyone around me says, You’re a genius! You’re great! That’s your voice! But I’m not sure if they’re right.
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If I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
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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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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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I always take a relationship to the next level. If that works out, I take it to the next level after that, until I finally reach that level when it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave.
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