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

" America, I appreciate you liking me. "

" 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. "

" Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything. "

" Comedy is a very approval-oriented field. "

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

" Everyone around me says, You're a genius! You're great! That's your voice! But I'm not sure if they're right. "

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

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

" I don't care if I ever work in TV again. "

" 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. "

" I don't want the money. I don't want the drama. I just want to do my show. I want to have fun again. "

" I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes. "

" 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. "

" If I can make a teacher's salary doing comedy, I think that's better than being a teacher. "

" If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do. "

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

" I get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear - I'm not mad at anybody - not anymore. "

" I got a lot of positive people around me. "

" I got real important relationships in my life that are very empowering relationships. "

" 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. "

" I love being famous - it's phenomenal. "

" I love my jokes. "

" I love Ohio. "

" I'm an introspective dude. "

" I'm cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally. "

" I'm famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can't count on it. "

" 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. "

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

" I think extreme sports are really good for relieving stress. "

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