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You only know that you're smart because you're around dumb people from time to time!
Chris Rock
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Chris Rock
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 7
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Christopher Julius Rock III
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When a musical act performs, the black audience goes crazy for all the stuff, the album cuts, everything. White audiences, they're nice and all, but they're not going to lose it until they get the hits. Comedy is the same thing.
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America is the greatest country in the whole world.
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They don't want you to vote. If they did, we wouldn't vote on a Tuesday. In November. You ever throw a party on a Tuesday? No. Because nobody would come.
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Stop the violence! Can't we all just get along?
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Success is just hanging out with my kids. I mean, I always say if you have options, you're rich. To me, success is the fact that hey, I just did a movie and maybe I'll do some stand up, maybe I'll will write a book or maybe I will do a play.
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