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 MACStand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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I ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
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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 love my daughter, but there’s a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?
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You don’t see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can’t play the game. I can’t – my tolerance – I know I’m getting old; I’ll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I’m getting old? ‘Cause my tolerance level is low.
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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 came from a place where there wasn’t a lot of joy.
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I’ve always been a reserved cat. When I play sports, there’s people used to get mad at me because I didn’t hang out and things like that. I’ve never been that kind of person. Nothing has changed in that regard. I’ve never been posse, and all that. I’m a quiet storm.
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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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Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you’ve learned your lesson.
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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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The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
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I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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When I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.
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