Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life’s way of preparing you for success.
BERNIE MACIf I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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When you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
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Comedy has been so good to me.
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I don’t care about how I look; I’m dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so – my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn’t care about being cool.
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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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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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Shut up before I drop yo ass off at Koreatown. Now hold on, America, don’t start writing no letters. I’m just kidding. But am I lying?
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The two sides of Bernie – that’s a quiet weapon that I have.
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My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that – a stern enforcer.
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I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn’t changed much in forty-five years. Our house was on 66th and Blackstone, but the city tore it down when the rats took over.
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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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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take ’em.
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I have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery. Being able to take it out and clean it is even more fascinating than having the gun.
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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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