I came up in the community center. I used to be physical director of the South Central Community Center in Chicago on 83rd. It’s still there. It used to be around there when I was a kid.
BERNIE MACI learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father – who I had only recently met – died.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I don’t need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don’t need any of that.
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When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars – that’s heaven here on earth.
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I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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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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I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
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You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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I ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
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It’s a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
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I love my daughter, but there’s a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?
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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’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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Bernie Mac don’t sugarcoat.
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I want to have fun. Life ain’t no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I’m a comedian; I ain’t no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love.
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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you’ve learned your lesson.
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