Dave Chappelle Quotes
The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
Quotes to Explore
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For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
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We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.
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We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.
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There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.
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It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.
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I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail.
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Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
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When you have a 'solution thinking mindset' - and choose to focus 80% of your thoughts/words on solutions - you will not only be heading more speedily to long-term success, but you will immediately feel better in the moment.
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Thus, neither my government nor myself, personally, are without ideals and responsibilities.
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Paradoxically, since gay men rarely have gay parents, cultural transmission must come from friends or strangers (a problem since the generations so seldom mix in gay life).
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
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I think some people like me because I'm different. I don't think like everybody else. People are so tied up in the worst parts of technology these days. They live a life pressing buttons. They don't use their imaginations.
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Private enterprise can never lead a space frontier. It's not possible because a space frontier is expensive, it has unknown risks and it has unquantified risks.
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The only way we'll know where we're going is to look at the past and to remember who we were through ceremonies and rituals.
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Every relationship you have, you're learning and growing and taking something from that.
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The constitutional treaty was an easily understandable treaty. This is a simplified treaty which is very complicated.'
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I never wanted to be a businessman; I was a craftsman and good at working with my hands. At some point, I decided that this company is my best resource. Patagonia now exists to put into practice all the things that smart people are saying we have to do not only to save the planet but to save the economy.
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The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
