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.’
BERNIE MACYou have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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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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Black audiences are hard. They always think they’re better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.
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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’ve been in training for stardom.
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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 came from a place where there wasn’t a lot of joy.
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You know you poor when you eatin’ breakfast food late. You fryin’ toast? At nine o’clock at night? With bacon? You’re broke.
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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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If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
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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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I get facials. I get a manicure and pedicure every week. I get my hair cut, and I oil myself down from head to toe. I got that from my brother. I was so impressed with how high maintenance he was. When he left the room, you could still smell him for an hour.
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I don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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Bernie Mac don’t sugarcoat.
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