Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you’ve learned your lesson.
BERNIE MACBlack 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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I’m not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that’s what makes my comedy different.
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I’m not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.
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It’s a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
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Hugs aren’t like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around.
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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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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’ve been in training for stardom.
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When I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.
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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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I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
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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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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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Fear is not one of my attributes.
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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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