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Chris Rock jokes that race relations in America are more like a fashion trend than a real issue. He points out that comedians often talk about what they see, turning everyday hate into humor. He also says love is the way to push back against natural aggression.

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America is the only place where people go hunting on a full stomach.

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Why do people do yoga? To clear their minds? I embrace the clutter in my head.

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I see as white people finding loopholes in the slavery laws.

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“Gay people got a right to be as miserable as everyone else.”

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If your work is so smart that only smart people get it, it's not that smart.

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Only married people understand you can be miserable and happy at the same time.

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I love seeing black people do normal things, being judged as normal people.

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I love black people, but I hate niggers.

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Smart is knowing if you're dumb. Knowing when to shut up and to listen to people that are smarter than you.

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We got no wealthy black people. We got rich people. Shaq is rich. The guy who signs his checks is wealthy.

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Karaoke isn't fair when you're a comedian. The whole idea is to get people laughing and enjoying themselves, and I'm a professional…

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I met so many people after I got rich and famous, and I learned that you can't ultimately trust people unless they…

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Most people don't realize this, but you can eat organic, all natural, gluten-free food without telling everyone around you.

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Stand-up is the only career like that where once you get really big at it, people kind of encourage you not to…

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I'm pretty good at getting over people throwing stuff at me. If you've been doing stand up long enough you know how…

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Every town has the same two malls: the one white people go to and the one white people used to go to.

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People are always going to, you know, find something wrong with people who are not the exact same as them. That's just…

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All you crazy white people "I'm American!", all you did was come out of your mother's pussy on American soil. That's it.…

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Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver could have been president. I could go…

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When you make comedy, you make it for the people and you try to have as many screenings and as many tests…

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A lot of racism going on in the world right now. Who's more racist? Black people or white people? Black people. You…

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The advantage that my children have is that my children are encountering the nicest white people that America has ever produced. Let’s…

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There's always a moment in any stand-up show I do where people are booing. They kinda boo a premise. And then I…

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There's not one reference in that thing that doesn't play. People deal with emotions in music all the time, but comedians are…

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I was raised to believe that you had to do things better than white people in order to succeed. The old black…

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We treat racism in this country like it's a style that America went through. Like flared legs and lava lamps. Oh, that…

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Farrakhan got everybody together for the Million Man March and everything. But Farrakhan don't like the Jews. Which is bugged. I get…

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The thing that surprised me the most is just how much money women that weren't rich were paying for their hair. When…

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Are they real fires? Or are people just reacting to something? Just because there’s an alarm going doesn’t mean it’s a fire.…

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I hate when people go on TV and tell you how hard it is to do animation … No, UPS is hard…

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See Relationships are hard, man. For order, for any relationship to work, both people have to be on the same page, both…

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Only black people in the whole neighborhood, so let's break it down: Me, I'm a decent comedian, I'm a'ight. Mary J. Blige,…

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You don't need a critic to tell you people aren't laughing.

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Gay people got a right to be as miserable as everybody else.

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Comedy is the blues for people who can’t sing.

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People want what they want. And I guess that is a reason we have this big credit card problem and a lot…

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I think all the funny people were bullied. When they talk about outlawing bullying, it's like, what? You want no Comedy Central?

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Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four.

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Sometimes people offer you plays, they offer you parts, but they only offer it because I'm famous.

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If poor people knew how rich rich people are, there would be riots in the streets,

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I see as white people finding loopholes in the slavery laws.

Here's the thing. When we talk about race relations in America or racial progress, it's all nonsense. There are no race relations. White people…

I was raised to believe that you had to do things better than white people in order to succeed. The old black shows were…

Men lie the most, women tell the biggest lies... a man's lie is, "I'm at Tony house, I was at Kenny house!" A woman…

You can't fake comedy - it's not like a movie, where a director can just cast a pretty face.

All people naturally hate. My kid bites people now. I didn't teach my kid to bite anybody. Kids say mean stuff. Only through love…

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Funny Quotes 47
Ifs Quotes 46
Black Quotes 40
Men Quotes 38
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Want Quotes 36
White Quotes 31
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