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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Whether it means having a show, or a movie, or just being on a stage, I need an avenue to say what I have to say. "

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

" I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO. "

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

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

" America, I appreciate you liking me. "

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

" The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It's dismissive. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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" 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 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 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. "

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

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