You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
BERNIE MACI’ve always been a reserved cat. When I play sports, there’s people used to get mad at me because I didn’t hang out and things like that. I’ve never been that kind of person. Nothing has changed in that regard. I’ve never been posse, and all that. I’m a quiet storm.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
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Every time you see a black romance it’s over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has to show him how independently strong she is, not just as a woman but as a black woman.
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As I got older, I got into all kinds of things in the streets – but for some reason, I never got caught up with the gangs growing up. Everybody dug me, man. I never had problems.
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You can’t change what happened. Just like you can’t change the future by worrying about it. You just have to keep moving.
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When you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
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It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, ‘Why am I so black?’ And she said, ‘Because I’m black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.’
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I’m an entertainer and I really enjoy entertaining. I think if you’re going to really be what you say you are, you have to really live it, work it, practice it, and think it.
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It’s a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
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They say if you don’t have your health you ain’t got nothing, but the truth is you ain’t got nothing if you don’t have no one to worry about your health.
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I had to do clubs where street gangs were, had to do motorcycle gangs, gay balls and things of that nature.
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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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I took my sports experience to my life on stage. That’s why I’m so disciplined. Playing sports, I was always underestimated. I was never picked first to do anything. This always helped me. It taught me how to push myself.
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You can’t be a doctor if you don’t know the entire parts of the body.
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I’ve introduced myself with comedy, and once you’ve introduced yourself as something, that’s where people keep you. That’s where people like to hold you.
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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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