You know you poor when you eatin’ breakfast food late. You fryin’ toast? At nine o’clock at night? With bacon? You’re broke.
BERNIE MACStand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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I 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.
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I’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
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It took me a long time to get to where I’m at, in my career and as a man. I was going through my trials and tribulations in life, and it gave me the strength to tackle things that have come my way.
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I ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
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I don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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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 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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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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You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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When you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
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I came from a place where there wasn’t a lot of joy.
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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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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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I’m very much disciplined because I’m more mature. When I was young I just wanted to live, I could jump, I could run, I was quick and I was relentless.
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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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