Dave Chappelle Quotes

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  The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.

  Dave Chappelle

  Inspirational, Be True To Yourself, Being True

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• The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.

  Dave Chappelle

  Inspirational, Lines, Way

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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?

  Dave Chappelle

  Rights, Self, Support

  "Banned Harry Hill gag shows a shift in attitudes to both comedy and gender" by Brian Logan, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2016.

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  No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone... you answer it.

  Dave Chappelle

  Kids, Phones, Hands

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  The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.

  Dave Chappelle

  Funny, Humor, Greatness

  "Inside the Actor's Studio", February 12, 2006.

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  You know, be able to do something great in your life, you're gonna have to realize your failures. You're gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.

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  Overcoming, Able, Realizing

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• Constantly take inventory of what's important to you.

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  Important, Inventory, What's Important

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• You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.

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  Funny, People, Comedy

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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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  World, Figures, Who You Are

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• What did the 5 fingers say to the face. S L A P!

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  Faces, Fingers

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• Things like racism are institutionalized. You might not know any bigots. You feel like "well I don't hate black people so I'm not a racist," but you benefit from racism. Just by the merit, the color of your skin. The opportunities that you have, you're privileged in ways that you might not even realize because you haven't been deprived of certain things. We need to talk about these things in order for them to change.

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  Hate, Opportunity, Order

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• Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.

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  Chivalry

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• 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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  Father, Names, Ifs

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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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  Funny, Strong, Crazy

  "Turning the Table on 'Actor's Studio's' James Lipton". Interview with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. November 6, 2006.

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• Every black American is bilingual. All of them. We speak street vernacular and we speak 'job interview.'

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  Funny, Jobs, Black

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• I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.

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  Sometimes, Enjoy, My Own

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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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  Long, People, Failing

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• You've got to say 'yes' to your destiny. Life's happening right now, look around you. There goes some life. Come on, Mamma, live!

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  Meaningful, Destiny, Looks

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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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  Funny, Humor, Rocks

  "Chappelle's Show". www.imdb.com. 2003 - 2006.

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• You got to be careful of the company you keep.

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  Company You Keep, Be Careful, Careful

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• Why is Dave Chappelle going to Africa? Why does Mariah Carey make a hundred-million dollar deal and take her clothes off on TRL? A weak person can not get here and talk to you. Ain't no weak people talking to you. So what is happening in Hollywood? Nobody knows! 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're strong people. Maybe the environment is a little sick.

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  Strong, Crazy, Clothes

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• 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.

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  Suicide, Suicidal, Giving

  "Dave Chappelle Knows 'There's Not Too Many People That Don't Think I'm Crazy'" by Lesley Messer, abcnews.go.com. June 11, 2014.

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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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  Funny, New York, Men

  Interview with Joshua Klein, www.avclub.com. March 7, 2001.

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• Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they're socially callous.

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  People, Comedian, Earth

  "Dave Chappelle Is Back (This Time We're 100% Sure It's Maybe Totally for Real)". Interview with Anthony Green, www.gq.com. November 12, 2014.

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• Most people don't know what it's like to stand up there and speak their mind. I have a venue to do that. I get paid to do that. It's not like I'm doing heavy lifting up there. It's not like I'm solving the world's problems. It's like I'm hanging out with a bunch of people and it's cool.

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  People, Mind, World

  "Dave Chappelle on comedy, fame and what’s next". Interview with Chuck Martin, www.seattletimes.com. September 30, 2005.

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