A Quote by Aziz Ansari
Being a rapper is about being cool, but being a comedian, you're not supposed to be the coolest guy.
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The coolest thing is when you don't care about being cool.
Maybe the coolest people are the ones who don't care about being cool.
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What I've learned in my life, it's a very interesting social study for me, to go back and forth between being the guy at home and being the guy on the road and being the guy in studio and being the guy in the interview. The environment around you has so much to do with your character, and when I'm home, my character really changes quite a bit.
I grew up around hip-hop so I didn't think it was about being cool or being black or being white or whatever.
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Before I was a comedian, I thought the coolest thing that would happen to me was being a teenager... Boy, was I wrong!
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