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Stand-up is the kind of gig that'll show you where you're at.

- Dave Chappelle

Kind, Show, Where, Gig

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.

- Dave Chappelle

Wife, Doing, Question, Answer

Most of the people around me have a vested interest in how much money I make. You know, so a celebrity could find themselves in a position where people could have meetings about their life without them involved. And when I say 'their life' I mean not their professional life either. They could talk about their personal life.

- Dave Chappelle

Celebrity, Around, About, How Much Money

I've done 10 or 11 pilots for network television, which is ridiculous.

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Ridiculous, Pilots, Which, Network Television

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.

- Dave Chappelle

Think, I Think, Still, Joke

After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.

- Dave Chappelle

Too Much, Say, While, Joke

I think extreme sports are really good for relieving stress.

- Dave Chappelle

Stress, Think, I Think, Relieving

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

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Doing, Old, Like, Old People

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 interested in controlling you.

- Dave Chappelle

Stress, Through, Felt, Vested

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

- Dave Chappelle

Black, Street, Vernacular, Interview

I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.

- Dave Chappelle

Black, Think, I Think, At Least One

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 if you learn it the right way.

- Dave Chappelle

Believe, About, Associate, Flaws

I'm an introspective dude.

- Dave Chappelle

Dude, Introspective

I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.

- Dave Chappelle

Doing, Encouraged, Socially, Sketches

I love being famous - it's phenomenal.

- Dave Chappelle

Love, Famous, I Love, Phenomenal

When I'm on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that's the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.

- Dave Chappelle

Happy, Like, Maybe, Only Time

One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.

- Dave Chappelle

Change, Tens, Amount, Dramatically

I want to tell my jokes. I want to have time with my children. I want to entertain people. And at one point, I'll walk away from show business. But I don't want to walk away empty-handed.

- Dave Chappelle

Business, Away, Entertain, Jokes

I love my jokes.

- Dave Chappelle

Love, I Love, Jokes

There's a lot of people who don't want anything from me but to laugh and have a good time. You see them at the show and they like - they dress up to come see your show and stuff. And they pack these auditoriums and it's a lot of fun, man. It's like, this is how I started, and it's still fun for me.

- Dave Chappelle

Dress, Show, Your, Laugh

I just always loved stand-up. It's like magic. You say something, and a whole room full of people laughs together. Say something else, they laugh again. The fact that people come to see that and participate in that... I don't know, it's just like magic.

- Dave Chappelle

Magic, Fact, Something Else, Laugh

If you don't have the right people around you and you're moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself.

- Dave Chappelle

People, Lose, Right, Right People

The language you are about to hear... is disturbing.

- Dave Chappelle

Language, Disturbing, About, Hear

Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me.

- Dave Chappelle

Some, Surrounded, Took, Realize

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.

- Dave Chappelle

Embrace, Failures, Figure, Realize

Fame for me is like a place, a country I'm taking a tour through.

- Dave Chappelle

Country, Through, Like, Taking

I care about the work I do. But I'm not going to say that money's not an issue.

- Dave Chappelle

Money, Going, Issue, I Care

America, I appreciate you liking me.

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Me, Appreciate, You, Liking

The only thing harder than leaving show business is coming back.

- Dave Chappelle

Business, The Only Thing, Harder

People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.

- Dave Chappelle

Smiling, Like, Onstage, Standing Up

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