It’s a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
BERNIE MACIt 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.’
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.
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Okay, first rule of this carpool. No breaking wind in my car. The only gas that Bernie Mac want to be smelling is unleaded.
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You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
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That’s the whole key to anything: Don’t be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.
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My girlfriend Rhonda, who’s now my wife, I graduated from high school, she got pregnant. My grandfather said, ‘You’ve got to do the right thing.’
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The one thing about comedy, making it become a part of you, the audience loves it, because you become part of them.
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People like rumors. They’re going to say things like, ‘You was at the club with Lil’ Kim, and you and Kanye West got into a fist fight.’ You can’t get upset. You’ve got to keep hope alive.
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I can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
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I’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life’s way of preparing you for success.
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If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
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It took me a long time to get to where I’m at, in my career and as a man. I was going through my trials and tribulations in life, and it gave me the strength to tackle things that have come my way.
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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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If you mess something up, remember who got you there. Don’t be pointing fingers, even if finger-pointing is called for. Only one you got to blame is your own self.
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